University Hospital-UAB

Being a health care professional I cannot begin to tell you how impressed I was with UAB. My mother’s doctor, Dr. Weiss from Ortho surgery took his time to explain options and treatments to my mother. I appreciated his approach and his attitude. This is a top notch facility. While sitting in the lobby I was humbled by the number of people who traveled here from around the world for treatments and a possible cure for their ailments. Everyone was very professional and polite. The atmosphere promoted healing and hope. UAB made me proud to be a part of the medical profession.

Terrible, absolutely terrible… didn’t do basic labs, misdiagnosed a cat scan leading to a pointless waste of money for an admission that could have been avoided with basic lab work turns out it is probably a UTI but we’re not even sure at this point and will have to go spend the other half of my paycheck at another hospital. My wife (the patient) would be yelling in pain and would have to ask 3 – 5 times for medication only to wait for it (on average) 1.5−2 hours. They were not that busy. I saw nurses at the station browsing the internet. Rude and terribly incompetent staff. I really expected a lot better from a University Hospital. This place is just as bad as Walker County and that’s saying something… We are currently considering legal action after we get our second opinion.

Thank you, UAB Hospital for taking the best care of my grandfather before he passed. I know you did all that you could, not only for him, but for all of his family as we tended to him for the month that he was there. When we stayed around the clock, your volunteers brought us food and made sure we had blankets. When he passed, you were respectful and kind. The doctors, nurses, and volunteers have a tough job, especially in the Neurological ICU ward where we were. However, they do the job well. A special ‘thank you’ to the nurses, particularly Darius, who took care of my grandfather as if he were their own.