MEDICAL CARE IN MADISON | DELAYED APPOINTMENTS AND TREATMENTS
Patients report 'alarming' long waits for some medical care in Madison
DAVID WAHLBERG
Updated
Yvonne Pawlowicz has been standing all the time to work since she started having pelvic nerve pain in November 2021. After long waits to see specialists at UW Health, she's hoping to get a nerve block that might reduce the pain.
After developing pelvic nerve pain in November 2021, Yvonne Pawlowicz said she waited five months to see a neurologist at UW Health and another four months to see a gynecologist.
Yvonne Pawlowicz, who has had pelvic nerve pain for nearly a year and a half, uses a cushion to drive and limits car trips to 15 minutes because it hurts to sit.
Brad Beghin, whose heart symptoms started in January, was told he would have had to wait until August at UW Health to get an echocardiogram ordered by his UW Health doctor. He called Stoughton Hospital, where he got the test within three weeks. Cardiac sonographer Stacy Stuckey takes his blood pressure before the procedure.
Brad Beghin leaves Stoughton Hospital, where cardiac sonographer Stacy Stuckey gave him an echocardiogram this month. At UW Health, he would have had to wait until August. "We're a hidden gem," said Sara Sturmer, medical imaging manager at the hospital.
Yvonne Pawlowicz has been standing all the time to work since she started having pelvic nerve pain in November 2021. After long waits to see specialists at UW Health, she's hoping to get a nerve block that might reduce the pain.
Brad Beghin, whose heart symptoms started in January, was told he would have had to wait until August at UW Health to get an echocardiogram ordered by his UW Health doctor. He called Stoughton Hospital, where he got the test within three weeks. Cardiac sonographer Stacy Stuckey takes his blood pressure before the procedure.
Yvonne Pawlowicz, who has had pelvic nerve pain for nearly a year and a half, uses a cushion to drive and limits car trips to 15 minutes because it hurts to sit.
Brad Beghin leaves Stoughton Hospital, where cardiac sonographer Stacy Stuckey gave him an echocardiogram this month. At UW Health, he would have had to wait until August. "We're a hidden gem," said Sara Sturmer, medical imaging manager at the hospital.
