Highland Hospital Hospital

i would (if needed to be in a hospital) not hesitate and go there again for anything .

for the most part this was a great place.. a few of the nurses seemed to be having a bad day but the others made up for them, esp. Cheryl she was great.. over all it was a smooth ride..

The surgical team was outstanding and that was most important to me. My Surgeon and the Surgical residents took excellent care of me. All hospital staff was nice and helpful although the nurses and techs were extrmely busy and I didn't get as much attention as I had expected.

Highland Hospital is a beautiful hospital very friendly staff.

very, very professional and organized. the nurses dealt only with bariatric patients and all knew exactly what I should (or should not) be doing based on how many hours post-op I was.

I would recommend the doctor and the hospital to anyone who asked.

I would highly suggest that the Christmas Holiday's are a great time to have surgeries done. A private room is easier to get, the patient ratio is less, and care is wonderful.

All the nurse staff, OR staff, pre-admission staff where wonderful and very confident in what they did. One nurse was a bit witchy during the first night after my surgery, I told her how bad my IV was hurting, but she kept pumping all my meds through it. By morning my hand was the size of a lg. grapefruit, very hot and extremely painful. The am nurse immediately changed it. This made my life a bunch eaiser. If I hadn't been so out of it with the morphine, I might have gave her a piece of my mind. The same nurse who wouldn't change my IV also came in to draw blood. I told her that I always need a butterfly needle in a certain spot. She informed me that the staff used the size need according to their ability. Well guess what, 4 pokes later and 2 different nurses, she decided that it would be OKAY for them to try a butterfly in my prefered vein. Guess what, it worked like a charm. GRRRR! Anyway there always has to be one bad apple to spoil the whole cart. Overall my surgery was a breeze. I would do it again in a heart beat.

Most of the techs and nurses were wonderful. At times it took a while to get a response to pain meds (40 minutes).

My surgeon told me to bring my cpap machine, but the staff never used it. I was put on oxygen and then nothing. I was too tired to say anything, but I thought that was pretty bad practice. They put it in my closet.