Had first major surgery of my life with one Dr. Gi...
Had first major surgery of my life with one Dr. Gita Pillai, following ER visit to Emergency Dept with Dr. Hadzar (?) due to freakish fall on my own staircase. Taken promptly. Dr. Hadzar has a caring, compassionate manner, in addition to being a capable, highly intelligent physician (NYU Medical School grad so not surprising). Front-end staff at Same Day Surgery (outpatient) Unit were efficient but also friendly during paperwork phase. Nurses were terrific throughout. Anesthesiologist Dr. Lim explained the sequence thoroughly, as well as her suggested post-op pain med plan. Excellent bedside manner on part of Dr. Lim. Nurse anesthesiogist, Cheryl, instilled confidence as she had worked with Dr. Lim in Wilmington for some years, and now works on Dr. Lim's team following both their moves to this area of DE.
Beebe impressed me because the staff overall was superior to Sibley in DC where I had my children and one minor outpatient procedure (only other hospital with which I'm acquainted). The nursing staff in 2002 at Sibley was so indifferent that I left less than 24 hours after admission cuz I felt I'd be better off at home following childbirth.
Our family used Beebe ED on a weekend about 10 yrs ago for touch football injury for our then-elementary son with good results. Great MD (UPenn-trained I later learned online) who felt finger was just sprained, but ordered x-ray in case. Just a sprain, which healed nicely with splint nurse bandaged around our son.
Highly recommend, but with the population growth in this area of Sussex County, I can well imagine wait times in ED can be long, especially in summer tourist season.