Merrill Aldrich

Review of St. Vincent's Health Systems

Adequate care in a tired facility. Have an advocat...

Adequate care in a tired facility. Have an advocate with you, ask a lot of questions, watch the nursing staff carefully. Communucation and basic services are sort of C-.

I should clarify that the person I'm caring for is a parent who has been hospitalized for eight days with congestive heart failure, the last three of those in this hospital. We still have only a vague suggestion of treatment, nothing concrete, nothing actually scheduled. I flew to this hospital across the country and have sat here three full says watching, waiting, helping. So this is no off-the-cuff review. Tonight they almost didn't feed the patient dinner.