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Maryview Medical Center
"Over all my experience was truly better than I expected. The 5th floor was very hot for some reason and that posed a problem from time to time. I left my door open for circulation and it helped. The other issue was the new bariatric beds they have. It is awesome but not everyone is familiar in how to use them and I wound up being the test case and got a little irritated over it. One of the night nurses (although very sweet) was a little airheaded and made me stand for 15 mins while she tried to adjust the bed instead of finding help. BUT that I have to say was TRULY the only bad experience I had. I did have a private room. Everyone knocks before entering. Sometimes it took a little longer than I would have liked to get meds so if you need them tell them right away so that by the time you really need them they are there. The nurses were awesome. Deanna was mostly my nurse...also Latash and asst. Wanda. Thank you for making me feel like home and making my stay as best as you could. It made all the difference in the world. "

John Chacko
"Update 6/8/03- Dr Chacko proved to be everything I thought and more. He had a very genuine concern for my well being as a person and not just as my doctor. He was very careful for me to be monitored and very strict on my diet. He wanted to make sure that I did EVERYTHING the way I was supposed to. I go back in 10 days for my staples to come out and I will update again then. Dr Chacko is a very straight forward dr. First impression was good. He takes his time and never rushes. Makes sure that you know what you are getting into. Makes sure that you are doing it with the complete mind set of COMPLETE complience. He doesnt want to do the surgery and create a disease if malabsorbtion. His staff is top notch. They are all very sweet and wonderful people and eager to help. Rumor is that he is not going to take tricare and that is COMPLETELY FALSE INFO!!!! So if you are tricare, give him a call. His 31 years of experience was extremely impressive to me. He only does open. BUT I would rather have 30 years of a confident dr. than a couple of years of lap experience. I feel very confident that dr. chacko will take great care of me. I cant compliment the staff enough too. I was a very persistant pain to them and they never ever were rude and always tried to accommodate me. The one downside is that the woman that handles the claims only works parttime. In the beginning of the approval it was somewhat chaotic. I was a little unsure of what had to be done..."
About Me
virginia beach, VA
Location
22.1
BMI
RNY
Surgery
06/04/2003
Surgery Date
Jun 19, 2002
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