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What I like about this hospital:
it has some of the best doctors, staff is mostly friendly, sometimes you'll get the odd nurse that spills your blood all over or pulls iv off so hard you bleed and it hurts like nobody's business... they often check on you to see how you're doing.
I wouldn't go to another hospital, it's clean and some of the nurses and doctors are super efficient, so big kudos to them!
What I don't like about it:
I was supposed to get ultrasound right away and it took 10hrs to get in... it seems a little silly having to wait that long, but sadly is what hospitals are like here in Calgary at least, in my experience.
Having patients with kidney stones is probably something really common there. I asked for water because I was getting so thirsty with drugs I needed something but they refused to give me water, again, really silly considering, drinking water is better for patients with kidney stones!
Needless to say I hope not to be back there for a while... so I better keep drinking water with lime juice (for those with kidney stones, lime juice helps to dissolve them - this was a tip from a urologist).
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