Temple University Hospital Hospital

Five Stars to the best dawn surgeon in the world. Dr Tatyan Clarke with Temple Hospital did an awesome thing of giving me my life back.

The support staff was great............but look for a different doctor!!

The nurses I had after my WLS surgery were excellent. They were helpful and did their best to help me be comfortable. A few housekeeping staff were rude by talking loudly in my room at 6am, but overall I would recommend Temple and the best surgeon Dr. Meilahn.

I thought the nursing staff and assistants were awesome. Anything I needed, I got it.

The staff were fabulous. Very professional, friendly, nice. Just cannot say enough nice things about Temple and 9W. I felt very well cared for there.
The parking was easy. Temple is a little gem in Philadelphia. It was a great experience.

I have only positive comments and praise for the hospital, my doctor, Dr. Meilhan and his assistant, Laurie.

From each prep nurse in the OR to every admissions clerk, each employee I encountered was kind, patient, and understanding of my needs. I had a wonderful hospital experience.

I only had two complaints to name. One I was told that there was a special waiting area for family members of WLS patients. This is not true. They had to wait in the same waiting room during my entire surgery as all the patients who were waiting to have outpatient surgeries. This was not a comfortable waiting room at all, and was not in the vicinity of either the operating room or the 9th floor WLS patient rooms.

The other issue I had revolved around pain control immediately after I came out of the general anesthesia. I was told before the surgery that I would be given a substantial amount of pain medicine before I was woken up to prevent waking up in severe pain. However, I was woken up and had to wait for at least half an hour in excruciating pain before they gave me pain medication other than the personal timed pump, even though I begged for something else until that kicked in.

All employees, and I emphasize all, were excellent. They went out of their way to help us.

everyone from the person who parked the car was great, helpful, kind, considerate and most of all cheerful.