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Rockyview General Hospital
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7007 14 St SWCalgary, AB T2V 1P9
(403) 943-3000
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5 reviews for Rockyview General Hospital
5 reviews in English
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Review from dinah g.
Calgary, AB
11/7/2009
My mother was admitted to the new hospital wing at RV for awhile this springtime, and I was so impressed in the care and attention she got at this new facility. She was taken into non emergency and we didn't wait very long until she was finally moved to an area which was private, and it only took her one day to get her admitted into her own room.
While in emergency however, you are enclosed in a curtained area and even though you had some sort of privacy, you are able to hear the conversations of the hospital staff. This was quite a humorous thing for me, as private things were disclosed in staff dialogue and my mother and I could hear everything very loud and clear. Staff would enter my mother's area perform their professional duties, leave and continue their conversations on the so and so relationship of this doctor with this nurse, what happened the weekend before etc. I couldn't help but feel like I was in the cast of Grey's Anatomy.
So let me get to the rooms at RV, wow her room was fantastic, it was a huge private room with huge windows overlooking the Rocky Mountains. The nurses, attendants and the doctors there were friendly, attentive and extremely caring; my mother had the best care and was so well taken care of. A team of specialists then spoke with me personally at another meeting and we all discussed the best possible options for my mother in terms of the future steps that needed to happen to ensure her safety and well being.
5 stars Rocky View! -
Review from Maria H.
Calgary, AB
1/3/2012 1 Check-in Here
ER service. I was just in today for 12hrs due to kidney stone. While this is what hospital calls "an Alberta thing" and the doctors are generally good and have best urologists, they do have a few things to improve. Being Jan 2 wasn't the best day to be sick for those of us who were there. Low in staff, although they were friendly and quick at 2am.
What I like about this hospital:
it has some of the best doctors, staff is mostly friendly, sometimes you'll get the odd nurse that spills your blood all over or pulls iv off so hard you bleed and it hurts like nobody's business... they often check on you to see how you're doing.
I wouldn't go to another hospital, it's clean and some of the nurses and doctors are super efficient, so big kudos to them!
What I don't like about it:
I was supposed to get ultrasound right away and it took 10hrs to get in... it seems a little silly having to wait that long, but sadly is what hospitals are like here in Calgary at least, in my experience.
Having patients with kidney stones is probably something really common there. I asked for water because I was getting so thirsty with drugs I needed something but they refused to give me water, again, really silly considering, drinking water is better for patients with kidney stones!
Needless to say I hope not to be back there for a while... so I better keep drinking water with lime juice (for those with kidney stones, lime juice helps to dissolve them - this was a tip from a urologist). -
Review from Tiffany N.
Calgary, AB
8/3/2011
I recently stayed here for 6 days due to some mystery disease that they are still trying to figure out. Care was excellent, though on occasion rather perfunctory, and most important: I got better each day. I went to my family doctor prior to going to the emergency room, so my wait there was not as long as some (I got a note from my doctor). The first day was hell, due to a battery of tests that were performed on me all the way up to 5 in the morning. I was moved every couple of days because I was the youngest patient in the wing, but aside from that, I was kept comfortable and full of all the icy cold water I could swig down.
The doctors and nurses were pretty gentle and understanding when I was terrified and in massive amounts of pain, some even held my hand during tests. The food was mediocre at best, but provided me with the strength I needed to get better and out by Sunday. The staff here is enormously busy, in fact, busy doesn't describe it. But despite the long shifts, the cranky patients and the constant wanting for this and that; most kept their cool and friendly bedside manner. Which I think contributed a great deal to my recovery.
So thank you, Rockyview General. I hope to never have to see you again :).Listed in: F, F, D, HK
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Review from Erin D.
9/22/2011
If you have to spend any amount of time in a hospital as a patient or as a visitor, this is the one you want to end up at. It's small, clean, situated on the beautiful Glenmore Reservoir and doesn't have the cold, institutional feel that Foothills has. I have found most of the staff and volunteers here to be friendly and helpful which is miles away from what I have experienced at health care facilities across Calgary. One thing that is extraordinarily special about it is it's proximity to Heritage Park which in the summer is such a nice contrast to the stressful nature of a hospital visit or stay. Park your car at Heritage Park, have a nice lunch, and walk to the hospital within ten minutes. I love the Rockyview!
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Review from Koz T.
Calgary, AB
12/28/2010
Once you get past admission, you're well taken care of. I hate going to emergency here because triage takes forever to get to you. We once waited for 8 hours before getting medical attention but that's pretty common in a lot of Canadian hospitals now. Once you get in though, they take really good care of you. Porters, nurses, doctors, and other hospital staff are prompt, precise, and typically have good bedside manner.
