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Middlesex Hospital (COE)
Feedback posted by the public
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If so, please share your experiences with our community!
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Number of Contributors: 11
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:
- 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: |
Teresa L. (Posted on October 3, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| Posted by: |
Ramona A. (Posted on September 30, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| Reputation in the community for this type of surgery. Excellent pre-op instructions for support through groups, tour, and educational sessions. |
| Competitors: |
Very good in pre-op support. |
| Comments: |
Overall care was good. One issue I had - prior to release, no care instructions on how to clean and care for incision site. No dressing was on the site at release and I had oozing and some blood coming through the support binder. No follow-up calls from the hospital to check on progress. |
| Posted by: |
Patricia O. (Posted on August 7, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| This is where my surgeon goes and it's a COE. |
| Competitors: |
Ranks highly compared to others. |
| Comments: |
Great care and nursing staff. The nurses held a 3 hour pre-op class to explain everything that was going to happen. |
| Posted by: |
Lisa A. (Posted on February 17, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Poor |
| How Selected:
| It is where my Surgeon is affiliated and they heve a good reputation |
| Competitors: |
They were alright, the staff on my floor deal with bariartic patients nad know my surgeons likes and dislikes |
| Comments: |
It is clean and the staff is friendly. they are currently undergoing construction |
| Posted by: |
Michael F. (Posted on November 11, 2007) |
| 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: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| Wife had it done there. |
| Competitors: |
Number 1 Hands Down |
| Posted by: |
Kristen S. (Posted on July 19, 2007) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Good |
| Posted by: |
Kati C. (Posted on April 10, 2007) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Average |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| I selected this hospital because it is the hospital my family uses generally, and it is where my surgeon practices out of. |
| Competitors: |
Top-notch |
| Comments: |
Generally the staff was great, with the exception of one nurse. I would recommend this hospital and my doctor to any person either generally or for gastric bypass surgery. |
| Posted by: |
Beth O. (Posted on October 31, 2006) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| Location, and the fact that it is one of a very few centers of excellence in bariatrics. |
| Competitors: |
better by far than others I researched. They make good on their claim of excellence. |
| Posted by: |
Bob H. (Posted on July 6, 2006) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| Doctor works there. |
| Competitors: |
Excellent |
| Posted by: |
Melinda J. (Posted on February 26, 2006) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| This was the hopital that my doctor was affiliated with. |
| Competitors: |
It was very clean, fairly quiet considering that it is a hospital and very clean. |
| Comments: |
I adored the nursing staff. They were all very attentive and polite & very considerate. Lovey lovey people. |
| Posted by: |
Kristine B. (Posted on August 12, 2005) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| This is where Dr. Aranow operates |
| Competitors: |
I think Rockville Hospital and Middlesex are about the same. I think highly of my experiences with Rockville. I think Rockville and Middlesex are better than my experiences with St. Francis. |
| Comments: |
I had a private room which was very nice. I had one problem the day of my surgery I paged for an hour and a half I screamed for a nurse for about an hour. Finally a nurse helper came in and apologized over and over holding my hand he said they were doing shift reports. I firmly told him that should never had happened. All of my experiences thereafter were top notch with the exception of one nurse helper who didn't want to walk me due to reports. I had asked at 4 am she was doing vitals, no problem I would wait I understand that. I waited until 6 am I hit my button she came in and said what do you want I am right outside your door. I told her I wanted help to get up and walk. She said she can't now that she was doing charting. I told her too bad get me up I need to walk. I had already waited an hour and a half. She said can't you walk on your own. I said it's impossible for me to walk pushing an IV stand and an oxygen tank. I asked her if she would be capable of doing that. She didn't say a word, got me up, found an IV pole which also held an oxygen tank and off I was. I hope she learned to have argued with me took longer than finding the solution, implementing it and then we were both happy. I walked, she charted. However, even with these two issues, my care was top notch, all the nurses were wonderful those taking care of me and others who encouraged me when I was walking. The nurse helpers (PCT's?)were excellent. Norma is the absolute best! If you are lucky to get her you will love her, she is on top of everything she's wonderful. As far as the nursing staff, I had wonderful care from all of them. I had Gen, Jennifer, Jen, April and Dania, all were great. They too were comforting and caring and on top of everything. I don't want the two issues I encountered to overshadow the wonderful care I received 98% of the time. I wouldn't want to have had this surgery anywhere else. I just can't say enough about the nurses and helpers (PCT's?). They all were great. I look forward to going back walking totally upright and visiting them. You will be in excellent care with the 4th floor staff. If you run into the PCT I had, just insist that you get up and walked within a reasonable time period, be polite but firm. Explain that your current care is more important than a chart. That can wait. It's rare to find such warm, friendly professional care. Middlesex 4 th floor offers it all. Great job. |
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