Northwest Medical Center

DO NOT GO HERE - I had a knee replacement surgery here last week. Worst hospital ever. They could not keep track of my medications and the majority of the technicians were uncaring and unprofessional. Sad to say I can only remember the name of one nurse "Ivens" who was one of my night nurses and was the best. My daughter is in the medical profession and she ended up changing my wet bedding since they felt laying on a damp pad was acceptable. Last day there the nurse mentioned that I wanted a flu and pneumonia shot before I went home. I had to tell her they had already given it to me. She asked me "when" I recommended she check my chart! don't go here.

I went to this hospital early May of this year. I was vomiting every couple minutes and had a fever of 104. I got to the hospital and through triage. The nurse assumed I had taken some sort of narcotic and told me this is what I get for taking pills. Then, I was left in the waiting room for 6 1/2 hours before they finally had a room ready for me. The doctor was very kind and ordered an abdominal ultrasound. After the results came back they found that I was in the beginning stages of ketoacidosis and a severe kidney infection andy blood was septic. They gave me morphine for the pain and a blood transfusion and three days later when I was better, they discharged me. Once they finally got me in a room, the care and service was average. The triage nurse, however, was the most ridiculous person I have ever met. She was unbelievably rude! I could not believe that I was just left there to suffer for almost seven hours because she assumed I was only at the hospital to score more pills because apparently that's all that was wrong with me, that I took too many pills. How dare she assume and decide that I dont get a room yet because I'll get better in a few hours, which I didn't

Myself and my family have had emergency visits and procedures done at NW, the staff are indifferent on a good day and hostile on a bad day, a family member was actually assaulted by a MRI technician because her arm would not move the way the technician wanted and was actually punched hard on the arm in an attempt to straighten the arm out, unfortunately due to a past surgery the arms movement was limited, the result was a black/blue arm, avoid this place if you can....