"I found the nurses and the other staff members to be really excellent. I always had the view that all city hospitals must be "dungeons" but that is not the case here. Everything was clean and well maintained, and the nurses all were very skilled.
I was in a "step-down" unit after leaving the recovery room, a four bed room with a nurse on duty for those four patients 24 hours a day. Response to any needs was almost instantaneous.
The only negative was the lack of privacy, and due to a shortage of beds each night that I was there a new patient was put in the bed next to me that were in different ways highly disruptive. One person was extremely ill and probably should not have been there, and the other two complained loudly all night that they did not find their accomodations "adequate." Of course it is a hospital not a hotel! I did not get much sleep.
Dr. Herron visited twice a day, and his surgical resident was very nice. I had no problems with the interns on morning rounds.
Overall the medical care was far exceeded what I was expecting and they did a great job."
