The George Washington University Hospital Hospital

The think the hospital is a very good hospital. It is very far to travel but it was worth it.

In general it was a good hospital. I received appropriate care to meet my needs. Overall the staff was friendly and competent.

The staff at the hospital was not exceptionally attentive.

Nursing staff was indescribable, my stay was a horrific expererience that I hope I never have to deal with again in my lifetime. The nursing staff was imcompassionate,unsympathetic,and lacked in many areas. There was a great lack of communciation between nursing/residents and surgeon during post-op care. I wouldnt recommend this hospital to anyone.

Facility is nice... Operating experience good except that when in Recovery, they could not locate IV equip to start pain meds for about 25 minutes... I was in a lot of pain for those few minutes. On the unit, nurse staffing was very short - trying to get help to go to bathroom etc was not great. Two hours went by after calling for nurse several times and finally, I unplugged my own equip and made it to the bathroom myself. I recommend having family or friend stay overnight with you if possible in case you need help.

This is based on my pre-op orientation. I will update post-surgery 10/23/07

Hospital have excellent accomdations for bariatric surgery. Each person gets a private room.

The hospital staff was generally accommodating and met my needs adequately. However, the hospital transport (wheelchair at release) was nonexistent -- I had to walk downstairs to meet my ride (as he has nowhere to park close-by).

Beware of the waiting for a wheelchair, horrible, but everything else was excellent!!

Top notch!!!!