Maimonides Medical Center

Reviews 4

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Shahaz Aziz

Worst hospital ever,my dad had cancer and phemonia,Everything i wrote i know its the truth ,After being admitted to this hospital,they took took two extray and the Wednesday ,I was feeling happy my dad going home ,this old chinese guy say my dad will have everything at come to take care of him,like oxygen hospital bed and a visiting nurse and then with an hour and a half they took the second extray ,then one indian doctor say she will visit us name rimi, ,their taking us across to another place and how its more comfortable for my daddy and they will not stick needles into my daddy all the time .They inform me and my mom ,that they have no more space over here,The old Chinese guy did say , he will setup a hospice at home,but me and my mom had no idea what a hospice is. When they decide to take my dad to the other place ,someone told us ,its a good place ,but did not inform us,this place is call hospice,besides we did not know what hospice mean.I look into my dad eyes and he look so worried.I had told the old chinese guy my father wish to pass away at home.He did not care.No doctor explain about what this place is truly about.At maI monies they tell us we will have a doctor 24 hours and I keep looking for the indian doctor ,they had mention there was another they told me she might visit too , but I met her on Thursday her name begin with B.she say she the doctor,how can a person notice any doctor at such an isolated place.On the third day , my dad could not breath ,the doctor asking me what to use ,she the doctor why ask me. she should have decided .dad could not breath for many minutes,what make it worst when the breathing mask done .She left and never return to see what happen to my dad.I watch for many minutes as he try to breath and then he pass away.If it had zero I put zero .My daddy wish was to pass away at home and we did not get to carry it out,I told them his wish they put him in this isolated room,like he is an animal.one doctor say she will visit and three day pass she never came by ,An indian doctor they lie and I hope god judge them .Not a moment go by thinking I should have not listen to them.Not judging all doctors ,but most of the doctors dont care about any patients ,they just care about money.

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Elana Adorno

Needs a lot of changes. I recently went through labor in this hospital a few days ago and if it was t because my doctor is associated with this hospital I wouldnt have went. I have to say that the nurses that assisted me were nicely mannered but werent as through as they should have been. The nurses in the baby room were horrible. They left my son covered in his own feces and didnt even bother to wipe him up until one of my family members said something half an hour later and even when they did wipe him up it wasnt a wet wipe of any sort. Just a dry tissue and slapped a diaper over him and called it a day. I wanted to breastfeed and was never offered the breast pump to help my breasts lactate. When I spoke to my doctor she said she placed the order for a breast pump during my stay in her report. Guess what, I never got it and mind you I have 4 different nurses and not one of them offered even though they had seen it in the notes. They werent very j forming. The hospital rooms itself were so tiny the baby car just fit by. Although my nurses were all nice to me they barely checked up on me. The first night the baby was at the nursery but the second night I had kept my child with me for fear of the nursery room as all my family members have described. During the stay of my child with me at night the nurse has not once come check up on me not the baby. During that night I had gotten a new neighbor and I kid you not, she had 6 different nurses cater to her as well as giving her the breast pump. I didnt even know I had the option of using a breast pump until that night which was the night before I got discharged!! I would never go back to this hospital again. This hospital needs some serious changes in management as well as some courses for nurses so that all nurses would be able to provide the same information to all patients. Im in school for healthcare management and this is one of the best examples as per lack of management. And all this is BESIDES the other half of my stories of during labor and on my way up to the room. How I wish I was able to find out the name of the nurse that almost ex tipped the clear bin over with my newborn child of one hour inside of it!!!

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A Private User

Let me start with...I will not recommend this hospital to no one...EVER!!! I took my wife to the emergency when she was pregnant (5 weeks). They took our personal and insurance information very quickly, but that is the only thing that was done fast and efficient! We spent the whole night there and had to go through nurses training on my wife, taking blood...etc. Poking her veins many times without success, until I said something about it! We left more puzzled then when we went in. We didnt know if the baby was safe or if we lost it. Anyways, we scheduled an appointment to go and have a visit at the Labor and Delivery department (not the ER [youll see later why I mention this] ) and have them check her with the big sonogram. This was two days after we were in the ER. We had to give them the info again and register at the desk and spend another whole day of waiting, witnessing pregnant women that couldnt find their doctors since it was some kind of holiday, and students exercising again on my wife as if she was a medical dummy (there were only one or two doctors available in the whole hospital!). We still didnt get a definite answer again since the big sonogram was closed that day because of the holiday! After we set up another appointment the next day (again not on the ER) we finally got the bad news that we lost our baby, again after spending the whole day waiting there... This doctor (the only one in the whole hospital, on a Saturday) was kind enough to calm my wife down by letting her know that we are young and we can try again. That was the only good thing of my whole experience... The next thing is receiving the bills!!!!!! The three bills I received were for ER visits, when in fact I was only once on the ER! After calling many many many many many many times, they wouldnt admit that they are wrong and they put me on a collection agency! I had to pay the bills since even my insurance company wasnt doing anything about it, as if they didnt care. This was a pure case of hospital fraud and God knows to how many people they do the same... DONT GO TO THIS HOSPITAL!!!! YOU WILL REGRET IT!

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Tracy Labady

I had my son merely three years ago. It recently dawned on me that perhaps I should leave a review about Maimonides Maternity Services as I am now expecting and looking for another hospital. I was a patient at Brooklyn Birthing Center and Maimonides is their "feeder" hospital. I was admitted to Maimonides over the Memorial Day weekend due to low fluids. I had desired a natural birth but my dreams faded once I was informed that I needed an emergency c-section. So, you can imagine how distraught I was and needed some time to process the decision. That did not happen. The operating surgeon gave me attitude as she rushed me while I was saying goodbye to my mother and husband. I had words with her and had to tell her that I am having my first child and cannot deal with stress now. I understand that when dealing with a surgery timing is everything but, as a doctor you also have to be sensitive to patients needs. Before this incident, a number of practicing doctors were in my room periodically to monitor my progress. My consent to have a number of doctors in my room was never requested. My privacy was violated and I felt like I was just a patient, not like someone that was genuinely being cared for. Another concern is about the post-care I received. I could barely understand my Russian nurse. Its important for me to understand what a nurse is communicating because I need to know how to care for myself afterwards. I was disappointed by the bedside manners of the nurses. There was always a conversation outside my room. But mostly, I needed support with how to care for myself after a cesarean surgery and that information was not communicated effectively. Parking is also limited, you do have to walk a distance to your car. Also, men are not allowed to sleep over. It is a womens only hospital and I really wanted my husband to spend the night with our first born son. Keep these things in mind if you are trying to go with Maimonides.

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