UPMC Altoona

Our sister was admitted to the ICU for severe dehydration and septic shock. The nursing home nearby sent her to the er after family members voiced concerns about health. She has been in the cardiac ICU for weeks and the doctors have been excellent and the nursing staff has been amazing. In my opinion they are the most supportive, dedicated, caring and compassionate staff any patient could ever hope to have. Especially one nurse who decorated my sisters room for Christmas! We love and appreciate you all so much!!!

This review is for the MRI department. My 9 year old son had to have 3 different MRIs on his spine on 11/11, and the technologist (I hope that's the right term) named Jeffrey was so kind and patient with him, since of course he was a little nervous. I felt like we were really taken care of and that he was in good hands. There was a woman working with Jeffrey who was wonderful as well, but unfortunately I don't remember her name. Everyone else we encountered while checking in, etc. was great too. I was pleased with our experience.

Absolute worst hospital i've ever been to. I waited for 7 hours for labs, and my scan results back. They had made me sit there with an iv in my arm for about 5 hours and told me if i left it would be no point because then they would say they never saw me. I am still sitting here as we speak and asked the front desk and he didn't even know how to answer the question. Do not go here until you want your time wasted and the worst care ever. I've never experienced something this slow even med express.When you get back the nurses are nice and helpful it's just the wait that's crazy and can cause someone to lose a life just because these nurses are lazy and take there good old time. Ridiculous.

I was airlifted from Fulton County Medical Center on 10/22 for Stemi and Copd exacerbation. After cath didn't see a cardiologist, pulmnologist, or hospitalist. Was discharged by dismissive PA named John. I contacted Patient services before I left. Representative was very responsive. Nurses, lpn, cna, and transport were wonderful.

It was the worst medical experience of my life. I was sick and couldn't hold down food nor fluids for over a week due to a virus. They denied me water and LIED about my test results. I have a right by federal law to see my health records. They said I had diabetes...wrong. My glucose was in high 90's but is is solid 75-80. They pressured me to take out my gallbladder...wrong. There was nothing remarkable about that on my CT scan, nor my liver or kidneys. I was there for malnutrition and dehydration period after a period of an over a week. They refused to give me water...wrong. I never received discharged papers and I left AMA. They told me I would die of stroke or heart attack. My cholesterol is super low as is my A1-C. There was blood spatter on the floor, they blew all on veins and gave my records to my family doctor without my consent. Breaking HIPPA was a Godsend actually. He couldn't believe the false diagnoses. If you want to die, go to this hospital. It's a hell hole