Bion Towne

Review of Northern Nevada Medical Center

Been going here since it was Sparks Family Hospita...

Been going here since it was Sparks Family Hospital for 2 reasons primarily; 1) 15 minute triage policy for the ER. Been less than that always. 2) All rooms are private. No annoying roomies. Last thing I want when I'm confined to a hospital bed, which is bad enough on it's own, is to be forced to share that experience with a total stranger.
Another reason I like them so much has more to do with luck than it does policy and accommodation. In 2005 I was admitted to the ER because i was having issues with slurred speech, and balance. They did a CT scan and the radiologist said he thought he saw something, possibly MS. I don't know what I was expecting but MS was not on the list. Later that morning, there was a neurologist making rounds and he did the spinal tap the same morning. By the next day the radiologist was proven right. So NNMC is responsible for the luckiest day of my life. Most people spend years and thousands being miss diagnosed before being correctly diagnosed with MS. I got it in one 4 day weekend. That's lucky. But without the skilled and knowledgeable staff at NNMC, my luck would have been much different.