Birmingham VA Healthcare System

I had a test done Oct 8 2019. My appointment to have the results is explained to me was going to be January 22 2020. I thought that this was an unacceptable wait time and reached out to the Patient advocate Geneva. Even though we had some phone issues , lol, she was able to move my appointment up to Oct 23 2019. I don't know why a person would have to wait 3 months to get results from a test. Please do whatever it takes to make the appointment wait times shorter. A 3 month wait time is UNACCEPTABLE. Please recruit in more Doctors. Improve your incentive packages to attract HIGH quality Doctors! Do whatever it takes to prevent burn out for your Doctors. Their should be more than 1 Neurosurgeon coming in 1 time a week! Most of the Doctors I have seen up there are burned out! They are just going through the motion of getting you into their office, then getting you out. Then there is the Emergency room! That place is so understaffed it isn't funny! The Birmingham Hospital serves a LARGE area. Somehow, that facility needs to grow with the Veteran population, not make us wait and suffer or worse yet, die waiting on an appointment.

I have never been disappointed with the service recieved at VA Birmingham. A special shout out for Rachel and Genesis in the Prosthetics department for their diligence and hard work to provide me with a new power wheelchair and van conversion. Top notch service.

As A New Resident In The Montgomery Area And A New Patient At The V.A. Hospital's In This Region, I Don't Want To Make Reference To Standard Operating Procedures For Their 2 Facilities In Montgomery And 1 In Tuskegee; I Have Personally Experienced That They Are A "Far Cry" From The Care And Services That I've Grown Accustomed To For Many Years As A Respected Patient At THE BIRMINGHAM V.A. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Felt appreciated today. * please add more shuttles

This is the best hospital l have ever been to. My brother is alive because of this place