Mather Hospital
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| Location | Port Jefferson--dup--, NY |
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Bariatric Surgeons believe to have
operated at this hospital:
 Arif Ahmad, M.D.
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Survey Questions:
- How would you rate its overall value? (“Overall Value”)
- How well equipped was the hospital to handle overweight patients? (“Oversized Equipped”)
- How sensitive was the staff to the needs of overweight patients? (“Oversized Sensitive”)
- 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”)
- How much privacy did you feel the hospital gave you? (“Privacy”)
- How responsive did you feel the hospital was in giving you pain medications? (“Pain Medications”)
- How restfully quiet did you find your experience? (“Quiet”)
- How accommodating was the hospital in allowing visitors to see you? (“Visiting”)
- How responsive do you feel the staff was in helping you with your general needs during
your stay? (“Staff Responsive”)
- How would you rate the parking accomodations? (“Parking”)
- How did you select this hospital? (“How Selected”)
- How would you compare this hospital to others that you have been to? (“Competitors”)
- What other comments do you have about this hospital? (“Comments”)
| Posted by: |
Mitchel E. (Posted on December 3, 2007) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| This hospital is the one where my bariatric surgeon performs his surgery |
| Competitors: |
mather is smaller and quieter than stonybrook. possible similar to st catherines |
| Comments: |
There were a few deficiencies
1) while my doctors said i should bring in my cpap, the staff wouldnt let me use it at first, even though the replacement had no humidifier. their cpap dried out my throat and made it hard to breathe. the staff gave me a real hard time about using my cpap and only when i threatened to leave the hospital did they relent. then the anasthesiologist came and said that there should have been no problem using my cpap.
2) the bed adjustment in the icu where i was stationed had no remote to elevate or lower the angle. i had to reach over in agony to make any change in position. a remote feature on the bed would have been very helpful.
3) i could not pee after the catheter was removed. every little drop burned like hell. i was not given any advice as to how to expidite this. only after speaking to an outside urologist was i able to be prescribed the over the counter med UROSTAT to relieve the intense burning, and he also said to take a hot shower or bath to relax the muscles and if it was allowed try to pee in the shower or tub.
also they gave me marinos italian ices which made me feel good.
overall nursing was very good except for the cpap problem until it was okayed. very caring and helpful. doctor presence was great. cardiologist, pulmonologist, surgeon, anasthesiologist all showed up often. anasthesiologist unusually detailed and masterful. covering cardio quite helpful in overall monitoring, pulmanologist great for comming by. and the surgeon stopped by at least 4-5 times which was very comforting. |
