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| - I don't know about the bad rap, and I'm glad I didn't look at hospital ratings on deciding where my grandma in law is going because I would have been worried for nothing. My MIL had a good experience here before so she had Grans sent to this ER.
The people were nice in the ER and sincere, but it was terribly slow. It seemed like there was a lot of beds and they did run some tests on grandma that a neurologist had to see to figure out what happened, so I wasn't expecting it to be speedy....BUT...... sitting on a stiff chair for 12 hours to a inconclusive answer is kinda a long wear on us. They told us they were transferring her up to a bed in the hospital since she was stable, but needed more test in the morning and observation. It took 2 hours from the time we were told until she got moved up.
Once there on the 3rd floor wing though, the stay was fairly pleasant. The nurses were definitely very good. Our main nurse Sua was kind, observant and quick to act on things, but the other ladies on the wing were also helpful should we need anything. Grandma and my MIL really liked the Neurologist, Dr Zift too. A little bit of kindness and consideration goes a very long way in keeping everyone calm and patient while they helped reach a diagnosis.
Also I appreciated while there is a 2 person limit usually, no one was kicking me out of the for being the extra and being just her grandsons girlfriend. They understood with the circumstance of really not knowing what the hell is going on at first and grandma not fully cognitive that it was important to us to be there. In case you know, it was life ending stuff. And really what does one extra person standing in the corner gonna hurt? It encouraged grandma to see all of us, when she could make sense.
Based on the diagnosis and the needed recovery, they got us a case worker that transferred her to a rehabilitation center so she only stayed 2 days in the hospital room. Maybe this isn't the best hospital around, but certainly not the worst. I think if I was sick I would probably go to here than it's neighbor, UMC based on the caring aspect of the staff. Neither are speedy, but that seems par for the course with most hospitals.
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