Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

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Donna Hepner

This is to comment on the character and attitude of Dr. Wooten and Dr. King towards my mother who is a walking quadraplegic just turned 75. She went into the hospital for extreme abdominal pain and enlarged pancreatic ducts. She went into the hospital from ER and was at Sentara Norfolk from the 12th to 16th of July, 2014. The night nurses and doctor were wonderful but the day nurses and Dr. Wooten and Dr. King treated mom as if she were property. They did an esophagogastroduodenoscop which showed that her pancreatic ducts were enlarged but the doctors said she was to go home that day because the doctor said, you have a chronic condition that is going to get worse and there is nothing we can do about it".What a thing to say! They had my mon scheduled for a colonoscopy the next day but they cancelled it knowing how difficult it is for her to go outpatient. All because they could not come up with a diagnosis even though she was in obvious pain and still having difficulty breathing. She had also hurt her foot while there and they were supposed to order PT eval but never followed through with home health. I was very disappointed in the I do not care attitude.

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Donald Moore

I have been on the rehab floor at Sentara Norfolk general Hospital four different times starting from 2012, and my last visit was this past February. I had the flu and pneumonia and they had to build my strength back up. The head Doctor Mark Bergsten is great. I love him to death and Dr.Beverly Atwater over at E V M S. The entire staff on the 9th floor are great. I have the rehab floor my vacation floor, because I lovè being there, strange thing to say, they love me to death, and on the day I was discharged, my nurses Lynise said requested to be the one to take me to the car and she was crying when I got in the car , she said dont come back here no more.. The whole reason I got sick was my sister had a cold and gave me the flu and pneumonia and I couldnt walk or do anything. I thank God for the recovery and the 9th floor rehab for the wonderful work they are doing. I have a name its The Candy man , because I always have peanut M & M s in my room or with me. This hospital is great. I dont like going to the hospital, but I have a blast when I get there. ..

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Ben Moreno

This is the worst hospital I have ever dealt with. My wife was 3 days over due on our first daughters due date and she was in pain so we went to the hospital that the doctor told us he would deliver at. They made us wait in the family waiting room for 2 hours while my wife was in pain then stuck us in what we called the broom closet because they had NO ROOMS. My wife couldnt take it any more an just decided we would go to another hospital. So we went to the other hospital and they took us right in but couldnt induce my wifes labor bc of her doctor was not a doctor there. Well she was scheduled for her induction a couple days later and we were told to call 2 hours ahead of time and thats exactly what we did. So when we called they told us again they had NO ROOMS. So my wife is now a week over due and we are still waiting for a room at this hospital. I would hate for a woman to actually be in labor and go to this hospital, she would probably end up giving birth right in the middle of the hallway.

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sally newport

My daughter began in the antepartum of the hospital, her baby was having some heart issues so she was monitored as an inpatient. We met the most caring nursing staff Ive ever encountered. Gen helped make a scary situation as pleasant as possible. After 24 hours a team of pediatric cardiologists, MFM, and general pediatrics decided the little guy could get more help on the outside, so June 30 th with Dr. Winchester (truly a remarkable human being), a beautiful baby joined our family. He ended up at CHKD after a few hours to better monitor his heart, today is July 4th. Weve seen a lot of medial staff between both facilities and they have been more than caring, kind, and professional. Keep Up the Excellent Work and Thank You for selflessly taking care of my family!

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Tonya Medlin

The nurses are usually great and very caring. The doctors, however, treat me with so much disgust and disrespect....you would think I did something wrong to them! The last doctor I saw, Crouch, was very rude to me. In my desperate time of illness, he made me feel like I really wasted my time by going to the ER (which I did because of him) and barely spent 2 minutes with me. He didnt even really look at me. I really felt awful and hopeless after he left. Fortunately, the nurse that was assisting me gave me some really great information and a referral. Oh and i asked the doctor for a referral and he didnt even give it to me. Thank god for the nurses there. They are the reason Id go back. But unfortunately, unless Im unconscious and have no say so, I wont be going back.

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A Private User

Phenomenal. Exceptional. Caring‎‎ My father was admitted into the Heart Hospital at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Id like to start by saying that the nursing staff in this part of the hospital works on a ratio of one (1) nurse to every four (4) patients. In addition to an RN, there are CNAs and during the day "Safety Sitters" around. The staff weve encountered provide exceptional, caring and extensive care. The facility is neat, clean and well maintained. The lead doctor on the treatment team has been decent at communicating things to us. The only real complaint is that the team of doctors working with us is so extensive it seems like were seeing new faces constantly. Definitely a five-star care environment for us.

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Charles Seus

By far the worst hospital Ive ever been to. Would give it zero stars if possible. My friend came to the er at 1030 pm on April 20th and we are still waiting at 2am the next day. They took blood work at about 1245 am and its still not back yet. And he has yet to see an actual doctor to go over his symptoms. (Fever and nausea) and there are no beds available, so they sent him back to the waiting room with a needle still in his arm in case they need to give him fluids. Its currently 204 am now. My suggestion is dont come here Unless youre already deceased, and even then, theyd probably still make you wait in the waiting room for several hours.

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Dianna Gregory

My mother had a minor scheduled surgery today that required an overnight stay. The staff were disorganized and had terrible attitudes, the info placed on the screens was incorrect, and no status was shared and when prompted we were told then screen was correct(they did not even check). My mother sat in recovery for six hours... because there were no rooms, she was not fed, she was not given her medication and she was miserable. She finally gets a room where she was ignored and still not fed nor given her prescription medication despite the doctor telling us she would be given her normal meds by the hospital. She is in tears and pain.

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