Danbury Hospital Hospital

My experience was wondeful. The hospital staff was so responsive. The room was absolutely beautiful and they gave us a private room with large beds. This floor had been remodeled two years ago and they did a wonderful job. It almost looked like a hotel room instead of a hospital. It sure makes a difference as you don't feel you are in a sterile hospital room but a comfy hotel room. They really did a great job with the hospital. The nurses were great and the care given was excellent. I have no complaints what-so-ever.

My only complaint is that some of the staff made it difficult to ask for help and some of the nurses did not want to give pain med. In the first 2 days I had to ring my call bell several times before anyone came in to help. And when you are in pain and need to be positioned it seems like forever. One nurse in particular was very apprehensive on relieving my pain and I don't understand that. Another nurse was right on top of it and pro-active on keeping a lid on it. She took an interest in me and my situation, she made a difference.

I was impressed and I'm demanding. Nursing care was super, pleasant aides as well, clean facility, $20,000 special high tech beds would accommodate the supermorbidly obese.

I recommend it, there are some good people here in this quiet town of Danbury!

Overall, this was a pretty good experience as far as hospital stays (not my favorite thing in the world) go. I was happy to have a private room, but not so happy that it was right by the elevators and the nurses lounge. I was constantly asking for someone to close my door. There were a few really great nurses and some not-so-great nurses aides. The whole floor was what I'd call 'overworked and understaffed' so I have to give them a lot of credit. The only real complaint I have about this stay (aside from the noise) would be that the staff should not be allowed to wear perfume/cologne. There were a couple of aides and one resident in particular who about did me in with their strong scents -- not a good thing when you're coming out of anesthesia and feeling nauseous to begin with!

I was overall very happy with my are there. Some shifts were better than others. I had to be very pro-active in getting my pain meds. If I simply relied on them to being them, I'd still be waiting today.

The only thing I really hated was getting weighed post op. One person doing weighing blurted out weight.

I found the staff to be very caring. However, the hospital has far too few nurses to care for patients. The bare minimum, medical necessity only, is done and done well. However, there are many other things which patients require, such as help with hygiene, which are totally overlooked.

The staff was very attentive. There are always a couple of oddballs in a group but nothing overly annoying.
One complaint the dietary division or more precise the food preparers did not know the difference between phase1, 2, or 3 of the diet. If it wasn't for my wife I would not of had any protein supplement while at the hospital.

I thought that it was great that they give you a private room when you have this surgery done. The nurses were great so were the nurses aides. Very kind and attentive. Always on the ball. And very sympathic.