I went in for a terrible Kidney stone attack. I have had these before but the last one was 26…read moreyears ago...! They gave me Morphine...twice...and the pain was still there. Then they gave me dulatin which knocked the pain right out. For some reason, Grady has a problem getting Dulatin. They say there is a shortage. Ok, maybe for them, but later the same month, I had another attack and went to St. Anns. No problem with Dulatin there. Something is wrong here. But otherwise, the nurses at Grady were polite, pleasant and helpful. I truly suspect that the attitude they develop comes from always being around people who are sick and short-tempered because they are in pain and after a while, I suppose a person (nurse) gets tired of being talked to rudely and starts to take it out on the patient. However, I, no matter how much pain I am in, try to be polite and respectful of the staff. And I get polite and respectful service from them in return. Granted, if they didn't want to work with sick people, they should have studied to become something else, but still, human nature being what it is, we are now at the point in our society where short answers and slight rudeness are becoming the norms. However, I have to say Grady did take care of me with very little wasted time...I waited for a few hours sometimes, but never while writhing in pain. They did take care of my pain issues. I have been to Grady for the Kidney Stone, for a stroke, for a heart ablation AFIB surgical procedure, for CAT and MRI and MRA brain scans, for Stents in the heart arteries and By and Large, Grady and its Doctors, Nurses and Staff came through for me. Granted, it may not be Riverside or Mt. Carmel, but if I were to score it, it would fall in the low 90's percentile, and that is not bad. I am not sure if the Cleveland Clinic scores 100% all the time. That is my take on Grady.
Overall, maybe not an A+ or an A, but certainly an A-. Thanks Grady!
Bob L. Sunbury, Ohio