Children's National Medical Center in Washington, District of Columbia

I took my son here for the first time. I am the type that usually tells people to stick to what they know. I usually take my kids to Anne Arundel Medical Center as they have a pediatric ER or his private doctor who is open 7 days a week. However, my son woke up crying in the middle of the night in pain. So I took him to Children's and we checked in at 4:53 AM we weren't called in the back until 5:30 AM and wasn't seen by the doctor until 7:30 AM and to only tell us his stomach pain and vomiting was because he was constipated and discharged at 8:00 AM. During our stay by 6:30 AM I asked the nurse when were we going to be seen she said it shouldn't take long because they are switching shifts. By 7 AM a medical student came to examine my son and ask a bunch of questions and apologized for the wait. She told me when its almost shift changes it gets really slow. So after she examines my son by 7:30 AM the doctor comes in and examines him and says he looks fine and healthy just constipated. I will follow up with his private doctor. I only chose children's out the norm because I heard their ER was good. Maybe I should've read the reviews first. Then the ER was not the cleanest. From the waiting room, to the bathrooms to the private rooms. I have been to cleaner ER's and Urgent Cares. They can use a nice overhaul in the ER department. Just NASTY! YUCK!