Parkview Hospital and Medical Center Hospital

The gastric bypass C wing appears to be of the highest quality. ALL staff members, including doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, phsical therapists, chaplin, lab technicians and even housekeepers that I came in contact with were all extremely compassionate and helpful. To begin with, I have never had such a painless IV, the Anesthesiologist was wonderful. The upbeat OR nusrses had music playing, which soothed my nerves. The C wing staff was the BEST, all of them, but especially Lisa, Bill and Barbara. They were supportive, always quick to answer call buttons, and always took their time to deliver a refreshing dose of humor, which is very important in my personal recuperation. I can't thank them enough. It's not easy to spend day after day not eating during recovery, and their commitment to my success helped me get through it. Their obvious devotion to this life enhancing surgical procedure reassured me that I had made the right decision. Dr. Sanderfer is the most compassionate, dedicated doctor I have ever known, and he should be commended for his devotion to his work. The countless hours he spends at the hospital, office and support group meetings more than demonstrates his commitment to his patients care and well-being. He's the BEST. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to enthusiasticly share with you what I believe to be a new beginning in my life.

I can't say enough about the staff on C Wing - they are terrific, always asking if everything is OK and if they can do anything to help. I had a terrific Physical Therapist, Tony, as well as wonderful Patient Care Techs, Bill and Danielle. The nurses were wonderful: especially Ray on the night shift. If you have reservations about Parkview, don't. It was a great experience for the most part.

The Staff were so pleasant and accomodating. I had no problems with pain medications or anything really. I truly did not want to leave had it all there, LOL. Only thing was not many tv channels to choose from, but if that was my only complaint then forget it..

I felt I received excellent care. The only thing I would have liked was if they would have helped me to the shower. Surgery on Monday, and I sweated like a pig for 3 days after that... they would change the sheets daily, give me clean gown, but I would have really liked to have sat in the shower each day even if I could haven't bathed myself.... but Mom came on Thursday and I got a bath then and was able to shower myself after that.

Took 4.5 hours to get moraphine drip hooked up after surgery. I was in horrible pain.

April 1, 2004
A full year post-op and Parkview is billing me for a portion of the funds my insurance didn't pay for my surgery. The hospital doesn't not take all insurance's companies as payment in full. Make sure you get everything in writing.

My IV blew outand my wrist and armed was swelling painfully. I waited for nearly 2.5 hours for assistance. I finally removed the needle myself.

The hospital was understaffed, poor nurses running around like crazy, dealing with patients asking stupid questions, like were did the orderly go to church. Kids were running in the halls till 11:30pm. but other than that I was treated well.