00:00For all the details on what happened to me regarding my injury, we're pushing 100 hours plus of video now.
00:07YouTube channel My Medical Nightmare.
00:09Patients to OrthoAlabama Spine and Sports are reporting a lot of changes in the last six months
00:17following the retirement of 50-year orthopedic surgeon Perry L. Savage Sr.
00:24It looks like patients are more and more coming up the big loser with some of these alterations
00:30since Jr. P. Lawrence Savage took the reins of this company.
00:35So the latest is OrthoAlabama maintains walk-in clinics at both its Birmingham and Hoover locations.
00:45So if you have an injury, you can come in off the street without an appointment and presumably get treated.
00:54What's happening is people are going into this place with injuries now
00:59and they're being told the walk-in services and doctors temporarily unavailable.
01:06This is very troubling.
01:07Check out this infographic from the OrthoAlabama official website.
01:13Here they compare their walk-in services to a hospital emergency department.
01:19These comments are from the second week of July, 2026.
01:24This is for the 1801 Gas and Highway, Birmingham, Alabama location.
01:29A literally feat from the Trustful City Limits line.
01:33They report,
01:34The walk-in clinic does not follow the hours posted.
01:38It is at, quote,
01:40provider's discretion, unquote,
01:42which is understandable, but not what is advertised on the website.
01:46A very misleading and frustrating.
01:48The desk staff cannot do anything about it,
01:51but whoever is in charge of their website should update the info.
01:57And yeah, I did some videos on this in the past.
01:59At OrthoAlabama, these doctors are not only double-booked, they're over-booked.
02:06All right, so my issues with Dr. Perry L. Savage Sr. in OrthoAlabama Spine and Sports.
02:14September 14th, 2019, visit.
02:17$300 cash visit.
02:21Appointment at 3 p.m.
02:22I sat in the waiting room two hours until I saw him.
02:26Walked out of the place near 6 p.m.
02:30Their waiting area does not offer patient-customer privacy or security.
02:36A crude half-wall Chinese screen curtain separates patients from the sign-in area,
02:43where four or more patients at one time give their personal details.
02:48Customers can be heard giving personal health information, which is a concern of HIPAA, H-I-P-A-A.
02:56In the general waiting area adjacent to this, in the visit with Savage,
03:01I presented images of my own head and neck, clearly showing the issues,
03:08which included several-inch diameter head trauma,
03:11curiously not acknowledged by this 50-year surgeon and professional,
03:17who graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1968,
03:23probably has seen almost every type of injury that is humanly possible.
03:29So one thing Savage told me was that the medical imagery that I showed him
03:35to assess my injury was not good enough.
03:39He wrote this in my chart.
03:41You can see it here.
03:42He says I just showed him a few slides of CT copied on paper.
03:48This is not accurate.
03:49I had a DVD-ROM disc that Dr. Savage put into his computer in the examination room.
03:57We both looked through imagery.
04:00I pointed to the same area in these pictures where anomalies have been noted.
04:07And again, he told me with a straight face that those were not injuries.
04:11My pictures looked normal.
04:13And I'll show some new findings as of April 2026.
04:19Interestingly, the same CT scans that I shared with him that he said weren't good enough
04:26have been newly assessed to be a high-resolution bone algorithm slice
04:32appropriate for evaluating osseous bone integrity.
04:36I had a chance to put this imagery in front of some new experts
04:42and compare this new information to the few lines of text Savage wrote in my chart.
04:51All right, so the area we're looking at, an axial view of the craniovertebral junction,
04:58specifically focusing on the base of the skull and the first cervical vertebrae C1, the atlas.
05:04Primary findings.
05:05Within the highlighted red region, patient's left side image right,
05:10there's a significant disruption in the cortical continuity of the C1 lateral mass and posterior arch.
05:19This appearance may suggest a common unit fracture where the bone breaks into several fragments.
05:26The bone in this area appears irregular and displaced when compared to the contralateral side
05:34that's the patient's right.
05:36These findings could reflect an acute traumatic injury to the atlas,
05:41such as a Jefferson-type burst fracture or a complex lateral mass fracture.
05:48And continuing examination details comparison.
05:51When comparing the highlighted region to the opposite side of the image,
05:56the normal ring-like structure of the C1 vertebrae is lost.
06:01The contralateral patient's right side shows a more continuous and expected cortical outline.
06:08Anatomical deviation.
06:09The fragments in the red box appear to be shifted,
06:13which could indicate instability at the craniovertebral junction.
06:19The findings are highly consistent with an acute fracture of the C1 vertebrae atlas on the patient's left side.
06:28Because injuries to the upper cervical spine carry a high risk of instability
06:34and potential neurological complications,
06:38this requires immediate evaluation by a neurosurgeon or orthopedic spine specialist
06:46and usually necessitates stabilization, such as a cervical collar, until fully cleared.
06:53I mentioned in the other video where after challenging the Birmingham radiological group,
07:00Ascension and UAB doctors,
07:02I was retaliated against in the future.
07:06Healthcare providers that I went to,
07:08when they looked into my case,
07:11some protest was made from one of the earlier providers.
07:15And all of a sudden I found doors were being closed to me
07:20in my quest for diagnosis and treatment of this injury,
07:24which I was repeatedly told did not exist.
07:28Two, Ortho Alabama and Dr. Perry Savage,
07:32they apparently had a working relationship or partnership
07:36with the Birmingham radiological group.
07:39Doctors, UAB St. Vincent's and Ascension.
07:43In the chart note where Savage claims he cannot explain my pain,
07:48but refers me on to their partners,
07:51University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB.
07:54I did another video where Ortho Alabama
07:57and their Dr. Malampati were the subject of a civil lawsuit
08:03in which Birmingham radiological group,
08:07Dr. Julian Patrick Druhan,
08:09was blamed for contributing to a patient's death.
08:14Days before that individual had some medical imagery done
08:19and was accused of not spotting deep vein thrombosis,
08:25which may have been a causative factor in that patient's death.
08:29Physician assistant Ben Jeter, PAC,
08:32sat in during this exam.
08:34He entered the room and never introduced himself.
08:37Dr. Savage also never introduced him to me as well,
08:43and this is not professional.
08:45When Savage was not looking at my CT x-ray and MRI images,
08:50Jeter thumbed through my files.
08:53Mr. Jeter silently observed,
08:56When I left, this man told me someone in their office
09:00would call me about a UAB neurosurgery referral
09:05in a few days' time.
09:07Why was I referred to a neurologist
09:10if the doctor claimed I had no injury?
09:14This phone call never took place.
09:16After one week,
09:18I had to call Ortho Alabama myself
09:21and found the appointment had indeed been made.
09:26Again, I was not informed.
09:27And what's more,
09:28I was put on a three-month waiting list
09:30for the referral to UAB.
09:34Dr. Mina Lubos,
09:36I was called by UAB and told
09:38I would have to wait an additional month
09:41because they were moving to Gardendale.
09:44At this point,
09:45I told UAB to forget it
09:47and I canceled.
09:49I tried to contact Ortho Alabama
09:51and Dr. Savage later.
09:53When I found out the true extent of my injuries,
09:58I told an office representative
10:01I did not believe I received fair service for my money.
10:05I invited Dr. Savage to call me and discuss this.
10:09A telephone call was recorded.
10:11You can hear it in my videos.
10:13The Ortho Alabama receptionist
10:15played the usual out-of-office games
10:19despite the fact I got a call from the office manager
10:22just a few minutes before.
10:24That call that I was promised
10:26then and there was not returned either.
10:29I was referred to Dr. Savage in Ortho Alabama
10:32from a previous visit
10:35at AFC American Family Care,
10:38$175 cash
10:39located off of Parkway East
10:42near Roebuck.
10:44American Family Care
10:46would not back me up
10:47on getting this write-off
10:49of a medical exam corrected.
10:51I later learned AFC is corrupt
10:54and not a reputable practice
10:56and anyone who takes business from them
10:58is immediately suspect.
11:00so that night
11:00learned AFC statement
11:00económico
11:00and the other
11:00you
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