"Dr. Hong is currently at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton Ontario
I only spent a few minutes with Dr. Hong before surgery. I was a little surprised when he told me I had sleep apnea since I did NOT receive any news resulting from my test. Turns out I had very mild sleep apnea. but Hong still insisted that I go to the "Step Down Unit" after surgery (this delayed my surgery date by about 4 weeks)
Dr. Hong was in the operating room before they put me to sleep, he asked if I had anyone with me and I said "YES my wife will be waiting in the assigned waiting area for news of my surgery" She waited from 2:30 until 6 pm getting more frantic all the time. Dr. Hong never showed. She finally spoke to admitting and found out I was already out of recovery and in the step down unit. When I questioned one of Hong's assistant docs the next day.. He shrugged and said.. "Dr. Hong is very busy"
My surgery was on a Friday and I'm sure Dr. Hong simply wanted to get away for the weekend. I think it was inexcusable to leave my wife hanging for all that time and not have the courtesy to give her the promised quick update on my surgery!
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