Harper Hospital (Cori Center) Hospital

Harper Hospital in Detroit, MI gets a AAA+ grade from me. I was blessed to have a very nice room with the view of the park and a walk in shower. The nurses were very caring and sweet. I felt pampered and blessed to be under their care.

My stay was pretty much uneventful - the staff was great and they took very good care of me.

The staff was wonderful!

I had an excellent experiance at this hospital.

My evening and night nurses were excellent. But when I really needed help during the day , the day nurses and aides were never around, never offered assistance and were not very thoughtful.

One aide stripped my bed then disappeared, I had to ask for it to be made 3 times so I could get back in bed and it took over an hour to get it done. Aides were also not thoughtful when making the beds and moving your stuff. They would move nurse call button to areas not possible to reach from where I was.

During the day I was pretty much on my own , any time I needed assistance I had to ask and wait.

I was unable to shower and not once was I offered a sponge bath. While they had to wake me up in the night to check vitals,etc... they were rather loud while talking with coworkers. I did have a couple really nice nurses/PCA's... Princess, Pat, Michelle. I need help getting underwear on since I started my cycle and they didn't flinch. They were nice about giving me something for my nausea caused by the morphine. My suggestion is to have a credit card on hand to pay for the phone and TV (about $7.50 a day) or you will be very bored and it's hard to read, believe it or not. They don't talk much while you are walking in the hall but some will smile in an encouraging way. Had time getting parking done the morning of surgery (4:30am) since it wasn't fully explained to just pull up to the vistor garage outside of the Hutzel entrance and honk for a security guard to let you in so you are driving around unsure of where to park. The Main Harper entrance didn't open till 5am and I was told to go there. Thank God for those that work there and smoke (I quit 7yrs ago). She helped and suggested talking to Hutzels hosptial. Still ok and would go there again...

During my stay in this hospital I found the staff to be very understanding, helping, and down to earth. The made me feel like a friend and not a patient. The provided me with all the privacy and rest I needed. I would gladly recommend this hospital to future WLS patients.

I loved having a private room where my husband was able to stay with me. The staff was caring and capable.

I received excellent care while I was an inpatient at Harper. The nurses and aides were like angels to me. Very pleasant, helpful, and kind. Thank you to all of the staff at Harper.

It was overall a good place. The only complaint I would have is this: Post-op I felt very nauseated. The nurses where soaked in perfumes. Normally I like perfume, but in this case it was horrible.