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Winthrop University Hospital
Feedback posted by the public
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Have you been a patient at this hospital?
If so, please share your experiences with our community!
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Number of Contributors: 13
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: |
India U. (Posted on June 26, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Average |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Average |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| Surgoen is affilliated with the hospital. |
| Competitors: |
A favorable hospital to be in. |
| Comments: |
Staff are staff and vary as people do |
| Posted by: |
Betsy D. (Posted on May 8, 2008) |
| 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:
| My Surgeon works out of it. He also said that if I really truly needed to be closer he would work out of Stony Brook, which is much closer. But word of mouth rated Winthrop up there. |
| Comments: |
The girls in the ASU unit were absolutely wonderful. The orderlies were great and caring as well. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT HOSPITAL. |
| Posted by: |
Chuck G. (Posted on April 17, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| my surgeon works out of this hospital. I did not pick the hospital, I picked my surgeon. |
| Competitors: |
Above average. |
| Posted by: |
Shareese S. (Posted on March 19, 2008) |
| 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:
| it's my surgeons hospital |
| Competitors: |
they're the best |
| Posted by: |
Angela F. (Posted on March 19, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Very Poor |
Oversized Equipped: |
Very Poor |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Very Poor |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Very Poor |
Pain Medication: |
Average |
| Quiet: |
Very Poor |
Visiting: |
Poor |
Staff Responsive: |
Very Poor |
| How Selected:
| My surgeon is affiliated with the hospital |
| Comments: |
They are NOT sensitive to bariatric patients at all. I spoke w/ my surgeon about this - he's newly appointed director of bariatric surgery, knowing him, for this point on, everyone else's experience will be pleasant. |
| Posted by: |
Yallin A. (Posted on March 17, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
N/A |
Oversized Sensitive: |
N/A |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| Posted by: |
Alison S. (Posted on January 12, 2008) |
| 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: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| i work for winthrop and I am not in the medical field but when I was sick the nursing staff was great. I was admiited twice for gall bladder and for when I had my baby and both times I felt at home |
| Competitors: |
i originally had my baby at stonybrook because my dr's had left winthrop and relocated at stonybrook. I trusted them but when I went in to get induced, it was the worst experience. The rooms were old and dirty, the staff was rude. I was hooked up to a cathera and had to go to the bathroom very badly, the lpn gave me the hardest time about it because i had to use the bed pan, it was embarrassing for me but they didn't make me feel comfortable at all. They also allowed me to go home with an infection from the c section so I had to be readmitted at winthrop to get healed properly. |
| Comments: |
winthrop is a great hosptial. I have no quams in ever having to go there ever. |
| Posted by: |
Noel F. (Posted on June 11, 2006) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| Through a flyer that I received regarding a seminar they where offering for WLS, I meet Dr Vithanathan at this seminar and was on my way from there even though I didknow it a the time (I was curious at 1st) |
| Competitors: |
I live 10min walk from Long Island Jewish / Northshore University Hospital which I would not consider as a possibilty after dealing with this hospital for other reasons, I would rather drive the 15/20 min (Very happy with this choice/Winthrop) |
| Comments: |
Winthrop has an assume staff Starting with Dr Vithiananthan and his staff all the way throught to recover and discharge I felt as if my needs where being looked after. To this day I'm impressed with the hospitals calls to follow up on how I was doing next couple days after being released |
| Posted by: |
Michael C. (Posted on September 15, 2004) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Poor |
| How Selected:
| Doctor |
| Posted by: |
Karin M. (Posted on July 1, 2004) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Poor |
| How Selected:
| i searched for the most qualified lapriscopic surgeon in this area. I did not want to go to North shore manhassett. i found Dr. V and was very happy |
| Competitors: |
winthrop was comprable to north shore ans much better then any other local hospitals |
| Comments: |
The recovery room Nurses were great. i had one problem with a Nurse in the icu step down unit ater my second surgery, but you always find one, besides her all others were excellent. Besides that there was one guy who worked in radiology who liked to make fun of me as i was going down for my tests. |
| Posted by: |
Cathy F. (Posted on January 11, 2004) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Poor |
| How Selected:
| surgeon did |
| Competitors: |
better that any other |
| Comments: |
the staff was amazing and very prompt to respond
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| Posted by: |
Cathy F. (Posted on January 11, 2004) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Poor |
| How Selected:
| surgeon did |
| Competitors: |
better that any other |
| Comments: |
the staff was amazing and very prompt to respond
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| Posted by: |
Dawn D. (Posted on October 2, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| My surgeon is affiliated with this hospital and with HIP, you are pretty limited to where you can go and who you can see. |
| Competitors: |
THE BEST!!! |
| Comments: |
The people are kind, caring, compassionate and have a sense of humor. I always had questions answered in a way that I understood. I wish the food was served hotter but then, I ate so slow, I guess it did not matter much. They really tried to feed me things that I could tolerate, when I needed something different, I got it!. I was there through the blackout and I have to say, they did not miss a beat. They have special beds for patients like us and it was comfy. I do wish that they could have kept the visitors down the hall quiet. What a bunch of animals!!!! Still, the care was good and everyone so knowledgable and my surgeon ROCKS!!! Dr. Vithiananthan and his staff are the BEST!!! |
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