Memorial Hospital Of Tampa

Dr. McJennett took great care of my hand injury yesterday. He was quick, competent, and polite. RN Jennifer was great too! Thank you Dr. M and Jennifer, best CRN ever!
JWM

I had some medical procedures done here recently, and I’m glad I was in their hands.
From the 1^st person I came into contact with, to the nurse who walked me to the door, everyone had a lovely bedside manner.
If/​when I need a hospital, Memorial will be my first choice.

Ugh, I really hate that I am writing a review for a hospital of all places, but I did spend a few days here so I figured, what the heck! Why not?
I came into the ER due to some stomach pains and was taken back pretty quickly and seen pretty quickly, honestly. The part that took the longest was getting my CT scan results back, which felt like an eternity. Well, emergency rooms move at their own paces so, I guess it was to be expected.
The staff was all pretty friendly which helped because I was definitely not feeling well. When they broke the news to me that I’d have to be admitted, I was bummed, and rightfully so since nobody wants to spend their time at a hospital, let alone a few days there.
Through my few days at the hospital I think everybody was pretty nice. The doctors seemed competent and helpful and whatnot.
This was pretty on par with other hospital visits I’ve had in the past. Nothing great, all as was expected.

I’m pretty sure no one wants to write a review about going to a hospital, yet, here I am. This review includes information on both ER and being Admitted — (don’t worry, no violation of HIPAA or TMI here).
First ER visit was Friday morning. Nurse Bobbi got me set up quickly in a clean room and did an excellent job with my intake — particularly since I was in pain. My physician had a pleasant demeanor and took time to ask several pertinent questions — with this being a repeat health issue for me we quickly established rapport. I was treated and started to feel better, so went home. Unfortunately, that night my symptoms started to return.
Saturday morning I had to return to the ER. Bobbi took me in again and spared me from answering the majority of questions we went through the day before. Once again — I was taken in quickly, the room was clean, and there was plenty of concern about me. This time, I was less impressed with the physician — just not my style and waaayyy to much cologne (smoker? hmmm). Anyway, when the initial treatment was unsuccessful, I was admitted.
Admission — Sent to 2 West — I commend the team of nurses on this floor — Taylor, Nick and Betty — who stepped in and made me as comfortable as possible, particularly without family around. The entire staff was helpful and caring. The specialist who reviewed my case and submitted a protocol listened well and took into consideration some particular requests that were important to me in my treatment.
Overall, while this was my first time personally staying overnight in a hospital, I give Memorial credit for being clean, competent, caring and compassionate.

This place is terrible. Nobody knows what’s going on and the people are rude. They don’t try to actually help you and when you have questions, no one has an answer or they route you to 5 different people that still have no answers. You’ll just end up waiting before getting any real care.

My boyfriend was having terrible abdominal pain from very large kidney stones that were trying to pass. He was on prescribed pain medications that were not working and when the on-​call doctor from his doctors office called and said to go to the hospital, we had no idea where to go. I called a local walk-​in clinic and they suggested Memorial Hospital. Upon arrival, we checked in and had to wait about 10 minutes to get taken back to a room. This was probably the worst of our visit. Once we got set up in a room, the nurses were great. I cannot remember the man who took great care of my boyfriend, but he was absolutely wonderful. He ensured that my boyfriend had the pain relief that he needed and that he was comfortable. He answered all of our questions and was extremely patient with us during our 4 – 5 hour stay.

Horrible, dirty, inefficient and incompetent emergency room.
I thought we’d be better off going to Memorial over TGH because it’s smaller, so we thought it’d be faster. What a mistake.
We spent four hours in the Emergency Room, despite the waiting room being relatively empty and the ER being mostly empty. I don’t know what the staff was doing. From what I could tell, no one was bleeding out or dying or screaming in pain in the ER, so why did we sit around for so long without care?
I have to say that this was one of the dirtiest rooms I have ever seen. There was still trash on the floor from the previous occupant when my husband was brought to his room, and I discovered that the floor around the bed was very sticky. It was disgusting to see in general, but more disturbing since this is a place where healthcare is delivered. Also, I did not see the doctors and attendants wash their hands, and they certainly were not practicing sterile technique.
I will not horrify you with the specifics of our experience (I will just say that the service we received was not at the standard of care), but I will say that I would not wish this place on my worst enemy. If we ever need emergency care again, I will just suck it up and go to Tampa General.

Horrible experience. Went to emergency room in severe pain. Only person in waiting room for first half hour, i was never accessed by any medical person and when I asked if it would be much longer and we were snapped and ignored. When we finally said we were leaving because I couldn’t sit in a chair any longer and needed to lay down, the same person (only person) we saw said ok if your sure.
Wow ! Taking a sleeping pill and hoping to wake-​up tomorrow and find medical treatment.

Unfortunately, I dislocated my knee cap and needed to go to an ER. It’s extremely close to my house but it’s not Tampa General so I was hesitant. I took a chance. The was almost no one in the waiting room, was checked in very fast and was taken back just as quickly. Staff was super nice and attentive, cracking jokes and did their best to get me in and out. It’s an older hospital, very quiet and honestly, could be Tampa’s best kept secret.