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Georgetown Memorial

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LocationGeorgetown, SC
PhoneView contact info

Bariatric Surgeons believe to have
operated at this hospital:

    Charles Garner

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Number of Contributors: 6

WARNING: Does this hospital have less than 25 reviews? If so, don't let a small sample size bias you.
Subjective reviews below are relayed merely as a partial and incomplete research tool.

Survey Questions:
  1. How would you rate its overall value? (“Overall Value”)
  2. How well equipped was the hospital to handle overweight patients? (“Oversized Equipped”)
  3. How sensitive was the staff to the needs of overweight patients? (“Oversized Sensitive”)
  4. How safe did you feel that the hospital was well equipped enough to handle any medical emergency that might arise during your stay there? (“Multi Security”)
  5. How much privacy did you feel the hospital gave you? (“Privacy”)
  6. How responsive did you feel the hospital was in giving you pain medications? (“Pain Medications”)
  7. How restfully quiet did you find your experience? (“Quiet”)
  8. How accommodating was the hospital in allowing visitors to see you? (“Visiting”)
  9. How responsive do you feel the staff was in helping you with your general needs during your stay? (“Staff Responsive”)
  10. How would you rate the parking accomodations? (“Parking”)
  11. How did you select this hospital? (“How Selected”)
  12. How would you compare this hospital to others that you have been to? (“Competitors”)
  13. What other comments do you have about this hospital? (“Comments”)
Posted by: Gina H. (Posted on September 11, 2008)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: N/A Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: Surgeon's choice
Comments: Very comfortable. Staff professional. Didn't feel like I was a number.
Posted by: Jean C. (Posted on February 17, 2008)
Overall Value: Poor Oversized Equipped: Good Oversized Sensitive: Poor
Multi Security: Poor Privacy: Good Pain Medication: Poor
Quiet: Average Visiting: Good Staff Responsive: Poor
Parking: Poor
How Selected: Insurance paid for this hospital only, surgeon was on insurance plan
Competitors: Poor quality of care was given to me here
Comments: I was unmedicated for 1 hour and 1/2 after asking for pain medication. I had spilt my ice ships and stood next to the bed for 30 minutes until help finally arrived
Posted by: Steve W. (Posted on March 5, 2004)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Excellent Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: This is the one that my doctor is set up with and has the staff that he is comfortable with and has the experience.
Competitors: If I ever go back in the hospital again, this would be the one. It is great.
Comments: Clean, clean, clean, the staff are all very professional and everyone goes out of their way to be friendly. It made me very comfortable to be there. I don't know how they screen their employee's from the skilled staff to the just labor, but someone has done an excellent job.
Posted by: Wanda F. (Posted on September 15, 2002)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Excellent Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: This is the hospital where my surgeon, performs all of his surgeries.
Competitors: This hospital, by far, exceeds any other hospital I have ever been affiliated with in customer service. EVERYONE I came in contact with was warm and friendly, as well as very helpful. They all seemed genuinely compassionate and caring.
Comments: Very clean, well organized, and staffed wit the best employees.
Posted by: Stacy F. (Posted on August 5, 2002)
Overall Value: Poor Oversized Equipped: Average Oversized Sensitive: Poor
Multi Security: Average Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Very Poor
Quiet: Poor Visiting: Good Staff Responsive: Very Poor
Parking: Average
How Selected: This was my surgeons hospital. I had no idea how sucky it was!
Competitors: This was the worst nursing staff I have ever encountered.
Comments: It was clean and nice rooms- the aids were nice- thats it..everything else was horrible, from them sending me sugar filled foods that were SUPPOSED to be sugar free to not even having a shower seat on the floor to use!
Posted by: Jerrie B. (Posted on May 24, 2002)
Overall Value: Average Oversized Equipped: Good Oversized Sensitive: Average
Multi Security: Good Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Good
Quiet: Excellent Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Very Poor
 


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