Sonya A.
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Vista Medical Center
"My Doctor performed his surgery's at this hospital. I would not have partically select this hospital to have my surgery at if I would of known at the beginning of my journey that my surgery would of been performed at this particular hospital being that it is a very small (25 beds) hospital,(i took my chances) and if the unfortunate circumstance would arise that I was in immediate danger during surgery it was very unlikely that hospital would of been equipped to deal with major trauma or in the case of a medical emergency during surgery or even after surgery I don't feel confident that they would of have the means to deal with the unexpected. I had to return back to this hospital twice they have a one room emergency room because I was experiencing terrible pains on my right side, and I waited there for 5 hours after having x-rays done. They had no doctor on duty to read my x-rays. They had to be emailed to the x-ray tech. and then the x-ray tech would call the doctor with the results. Well, after waiting and being in terrible pain, and not getting any results from anyone I left and went to another hospital emergency room. (test results came back Neg.) but I was really angry because my Dr. wanted me to stay over night at Vista and be monitored but being that they did not have any beds available I was out of luck! (luckily I was not in immediate danger) Just a lot of unexplained pain. Other than the bad experience of having to return back to this hospital my care at this hospital during my 2 day stay was average I would have to say however if you fear the unexpected please consider a larger hospital that maybe equipped to deal with major emergency's in the case that a emergency may arise during surgery. On another note this particular hospital was on the channel 11 news tonight and it wasn't all too nice. They were complaining that this hospital (owners) care more for the money than they do for the patients, and they were allowing nurses and doctors to practice without proof of medical credentials or licenses, and they also complained that the bathrooms/showers had mold and mildew, but the hospital did claim that was taken care of... To me as a past patient this really makes me nervous, and luckily I made it through surgery but I wish I was more aware of the "What If's" before I had my surgery performed here. "

Carlos Ferrari
"My first impression of Dr. ferrari was he was very intelligent and very informative and really wanted to answer any and all questions that I had. I have not had the surgery yet, and I will post an update after I have surgery of the out-come. He is affiliated with NeWeigh and they basically handle the insurance leg work, and his staff at NeWeigh is a great support team! They are there to answer any all questions that you may have. I am sooo very happy that I accidently came up on NeWeigh, and called them the very first time I decided to go through with this surgery. I saw a commerical on TV, and then I accessed their web site, and filled out some info. on their web site, and about a week later I got a call from Carla (little sister) who also has had this surgery, and she scheduled an appointment for me.. NeWeigh also has a structured weekly and later monthly aftercare program that you must attend. I had to sign a paper stating that I would indeed attend the after care program! On a scale from 1 to 10 I would rate Dr. Ferrari a 10 as of right now... "
About Me
La Porte, TX
Location
23.9
BMI
RNY
Surgery
03/27/2002
Surgery Date
Dec 28, 2001
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