Patient
Recently spent a few weeks visiting a family member who was gravely ill. This hospital is nice and has a lot of staff and technology to help patients of all kinds. I appreciate that it's a teaching hospital and it gives opportunities for growth to those learning in healthcare. I found most of the staff were fairly friendly. (I can't say all) I think if the hospital was to do mandatory training to the staff it should be in communication skills and sensitivity training. Many staff could take the time to be clear and helpful in their communication but chose not to. This is a reflection of the organization. I found while there were plenty of Drs on staff in the ward I visited it was too many to be clear for my family to understand. Multiple Drs attended to my family member each giving various different pieces of information but it floored me there wasn't 1 point of contact to decipher the information and advocate for clear concise helpful advice and next steps for the patient. One thing that bothered me was the dirt and filth in this place and lack of cleanliness... bathrooms were barely cleaned 1x a day. Hospital room where my family was had paper, plastic pieces and sometimes drops of blood and waste on the floor. As I was visiting several weeks I never once saw the floors cleaned. Sometimes nurses left paper and utensils used on my family member and never removed. I resented they treated them like a garbage can. The food in the hospital was terrible. I ate a few times and each time was sick to my stomach. And was surprised even the Drs and nurses told my family member to not eat the food it was terrible... seriously? I did feel the care received by my family member was fine although diagnosis was a bit late and confusing. I'm thankful parking was free at the hospital but there isn't enough parking for visitors as staff tend to take the prime spots during the day time. Overall it's a nice hospital probably not #1 in Michigan as the sign states but still nice. Special thanks goes to the nurses and Drs on the ICU floor 3.