The Kravitz Children/mount Sinai have some, racist administrative staff members. For example, my son's room was switched from a double bed room to accommodate a Caucasian child and two of the child's family members. Then Toni Kavanagh. Peered my son with a black mother with an autistic child, that she could not control. The boy kept trying to go in my bag during admitting and take my childs food. That happened during our 3 hour wait to be placed in a room. Then i find out something was up once the receptionist asked about a T5 bed, it wasn't on the list. My son doesn't have any learning/Autistic disabilities. Toni decided to peer my son and I with them, because we resided in Far Rockaway and are black females, but we don't know each other I was trying to be nice about it without hurting the mothers feeling. But the ghetto words coming out of the patient mothers mouth was too much. Then her response of not a simple No but "Nope" The child was out of control Jumping around screaming. Then Toni comes out and tell me using hand fist gestures that there are no more room and none with window either. Me and the staff turned around and looked at the room my son was suppose to be in at the same time. There was an open space that they chose not to put a bed in near the door. How do you change a double room to a single room? And no, the child in the room that my son originally had was not under quarantine or anything.
Remember my child was listed under that room before hand. I would not have cared about the window just some peace and quiet.
Now not only did Toni and say that there were no more rooms we can be put into. I ask her if she could call my car service. She told me to call them on my cellular phone and she will speak with them. And walked down the hallway with my property (Cellular Phone). Then walked back and said let me get you off this floor and grabbed one of my black traveling cases and took it down to the first admitting room. Just brushing me off, Toni knows that she did wrong and tried to brush me off. Then she makes a weak comment to me about rescheduling to come back to the hospital. I told her I would have to speak with Dr. Wolf first.
Basicly she wanted the child placed in my son's room to have a private quiet environment and throw me in the room with please "excuse my expression" with the ghetto mother and the child she can't control. My son and I would be sleep deprived going through multiple seizures due to all the screaming and the child trying to steal from me. Right until this very hour I still believe his mother put him up to going in my bags. I have worked with many disabled children and adults. I have never experienced mess like that a day in my life. They were probably familiar with that particular mother and child. Don't set me up. They should have put them in a single room. But of course the Toni and some of the epilepsy section have their favorites. Mind you, on our trip home my child has a seizure in the cab. That is too much!!!!!!
I don't believe patients should be paired due to their race or place of residence. I feel Toni's' abuse of authority weighed in because of the change of rooms. That whole thing was disgusting and I would not recommend a stay in that hospital if you don't meet their residential or skin requirements. Now Dr. Wolf is awesome but Toni's behaviour was horrible and I would not "wish" what she did to us on anyone. HORRIBLE!!!!