I would give the St. Mary's Hospital zero stars except for the nurses who, for the most part, were excellent. However, my surgeon was the surgeon from hell and mean as a rabid jackal. When asked about when my gastric tube would be removed, he got nasty and said he didn't know, maybe a week, maybe I would be sent home with it. I hadn't slept in 4 days and the tube was irritating my sinuses and allergies and bothering my breathing. A day later a REAL surgeon came in and told me he wouldn't leave the tube in one day longer, did a test on me, and a couple of hours later it was out. The surgeon from hell demanded I take heparin, and when I refused he sent a nurse and a PA in to pull a good-guy, bad-guy routine on me and threaten me with expulsion from the hospital if I didn't allow the medication. Knowing what I know now, I would have told those two to go to Hell and throw me out. The room was not very clean, either, and I had to share a bathroom. Plus, showers were down the hall and the water was almost always cold. My dog is treated better by the vet than I was at St. Mary's. I will never go there again, if I can help it.

The nursing staff was above and beyond fantastic!! So professional and gentle in every aspect! As were most staff encountered during our stay! Some of the residents still have some learning to do when it comes to more complex issues and mayo needs a little more multidisciplinary approach they are very specialty focused even though more than one issue might be going on and causing issues in all aspect of the persons health. But overall care above and beyond exactly what was expected of Mayo. Upon discharge though they could be better with making sure a plan is in motion and follow ups are arranged to prevent delayed care and relapses in conditions or worsening of conditions.

Charged me with a misdemeanor disorderly conduct for spitting in a nurses hair, while I was being detained from being in a blind rage punching myself continuously in the face. Even apologized and still have to pay 400 in my savings that took me 6 months for a vehicle to finally get on with my life over this.

My opinion, they just want to charge 6,500 7,500 a night to launder taxpayers money (especially if you have medical assistance) into businesses like this just to say you're helping mental health patients out, but honestly you are not, you're just making the wealthy's wallets fatter, in return having rich snobs charge patients that weren't right in their minds at the time with crimes.

Also, you should expect that kind of behavior working in a PSYCHIATRIC UNIT FOR UNSTABLE ADULTS, HINT HINT. Hope that 400 bucks treats ur hair well, I know how much abuse it went thru and I'm oh so sorry.

Tried getting ice chips or drink or food Dr said I could have 10 hrs later I got a sandwich no drink and oral surgeon was kinda rude nurses and lab people were nice but was in the ER for 11 hrs got told to return to iowacity never again will I go back

The hospital Team Members is what makes this hospital wonderful. If not for them it would just be a building. Could not ask for better care