Medical West, an Affiliate of Uab Health System

Was admitted for 5 days. For 2 days never received my medications as my iv kept falling out. Nurses are extremely scarce and take hours to respond to any situation. My room was also crawling with cockroaches and I had to demand to be moved as they didn't believe it was a problem!

Medical West is a wonderful place. I don't see why everyone is so down on it. I've been to every hospital around Birmingham area and I'll say it's one of the best. I had several cancer surgeries there from start to finish. I had 4 other surgeries there and all the staff both nurses , Doctors were amazing. I HAD THE BEST SURGEON anyone could have ask for. Dr. Issis is the best anywhere. I don't know much about the ER but my Dr. and the nurses went way out of there way the make things go right for me. Plus my Dr. told me if the staff don't do right to let him know . He will get their butts. My room stayed clean and it was mopped everyday. If you have a complaint ask for the head nurse. Everything can be fixed within a phone call. I went to Shelby Baptist and it was horrible. I was there for 10 days and they would have let me die. The nurses would not come when they were called. It's not like that at Bessemer, So Medical West will be my hospital from now on.

I absolutely love the staff at UAB west. They were so kind and caring and I cant thank them enough for taking care of me after my surgery.

The best Hospital I've been to in years. Everyone was just awesome.

My primary care physician suggested that I go to to UAB West after I had been vomiting for over 48 hours and with a BP of 190/163 pulse rate of 50 and according to Dr Denney, "saw NO reason to admit me!!" My daughter is a medical school student ones a master's in biology and she phoned Dr. Denney and said, "Don't you dare release my mom until you locate the reason why her BP is so life threatening high in your ER! She lives alone and If anything happens to her it will be your fault. She's very sick and came to your hospital as instructed by her primary care physician." I was then admitted for observation. All of my heart related testing was absolutely normal. My daughter called back and said that she wanted testing on my vascular system starting with the kidneys. A kidney Doppler was performed the next morning and a blockage was found by the ultrasound technician and the artery from the heart to the right kidney. I remained in the hospital for 3 nights and an angiogram was scheduled with the cardiologist for the following Monday wearing he found the package to be in excess of 60%! The cardiologist referred me to UAB downtown to the director of Cardiology and he saw me for surgery 4 days later. The blockage was opened with a stent and I stayed overnight. They UAB hospital downtown Birmingham was absolutely amazing and the director of Cardiology reported a major blockage and my right kidney and if left untreated much longer oh, I would have lost the entire kidney. UAB West never got my blood pressure under control and it remained at stroke level with the highest number being 217/164!: High blood pressure is indicative of a problem and the body and is known as the silent killer! I would not recommend this hospital and especially the ER Dr. Denney to anyone because I knew more about his two-year-old child then I knew about my health matters after 11 hours in the ER there. I have to say that the dietitian was amazing at her job and the nurses on the 4th floor were fantastic! Dr. Denney's lack of concern for me as a patient was totally unacceptable! He insulted juanes 2 me several times in his ER and I am highly educated with three degrees and was a medical malpractice paralegal for many many years. Please do not subject your loved ones to his unadequate standard of care!