Madam Blue
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Anyone have any experience with GWU hospital, either as a patient or work there? I may be going in for an operation and looking for first hand info.
Thanks...
Thanks...
Anyone have any experience with GWU hospital, either as a patient or work there? I may be going in for an operation and looking for first hand info.
Thanks...
I concur with above comments. I picked the surgeon, the hospital was first class.
Just had surgery two months ago...staff, doctors/residents all first class. I chose GWUH because of the surgeon that was doing my procedure and the advice of my Primary Care Doc. It is a teaching hospital so you will see a lot of students. You can't be shy......
I did get a hospital bug there, but that can happen anywhere. It was handled in my opinion, very well, but I wish that had not happened, but I'm still alive to tell about it.
Parking is convenient, but if you have family staying, hotels are pricey.
I recommend One Washington Circle or the Fairmont. Have your family bring in food...the hospital food is hospital food...awful.
Your nursing staff will be totally multicultural...but fun to get to know.
The students are great.
Any other questions PM me.
I've had multiple surgeries done there.
The one thing that shocks lots of people I know that have gone there is that it is a teaching hospital and as such you often get seen by lots of students/residents.
If I may ...
Doesn't really make one feel in good hands when the newbies are constantly looking at, and referencing, the repair manual. Well .... I guess it's better than being seen by gross anatomy students.
If I may ...
Doesn't really make one feel in good hands when the newbies are constantly looking at, and referencing, the repair manual. Well .... I guess it's better than being seen by gross anatomy students.
When I was stuck in UM Baltimore shock trauma (another "teaching hosptital" albeit one of the best ICUs and shock trauma centers on the planet) I was in a Striker frame. It was always the worst times of each day when a doc, with a batch of students in tow, would commence with "and this is how we deal with a patient in a Striker frame"...;-p Many a pinched bed sheet and, worse, hands or toes...