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    Foothills Medical Centre

    2.6 (60 reviews)
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    Classic Calgary sculptures and lots more art on display at Foothills.
    Sunshine M.

    January 3rd of this year my family received a phone call to go and wait at the Foothills Hospital as a kidney might becoming available for my Dad. He was entering his 8th year of being on hemo-dialysis. In the early hours of January 5th he received a kidney transplant at this location. This hospital performs kidney, pancreas, skin, heart and lung transplants (liver are done in Edmonton). Due to issues involving immune suppression & rejection a standard of extreme cleanliness is required. This was met! The Doctor's and Nurses were extraordinary. Hard-working, kind, competent and patient. There is a lot of information the family needs to absorb in a short amount of time (while tired) and the staff was friendly and accommodating. The food was what you would expect from a mass-serving situation but better than other hospitals we have experienced. Visiting family: There is a pharmacy, cafe, gift shop available on the main floor of the Tom Baker Building. If your "person" is in for long, it makes financial sense to bring your own drinks and snacks. It is like a small city and can be confusing to get around initially. Calgarians are friendly and will gladly help if you ask to be pointed in the right direction. I am taking one star off for two reasons: 1) The bathrooms inside the patient's rooms could be kept a little cleaner. 2) A conversation overheard next to us - where a social worker treated a man who had recently moved to Calgary and had a heart attack - very rudely. I regret not speaking up at the time on his behalf. I have accompanied my Dad to this hospital for transplant purposes, dialysis, check-ups, ER visits...and think highly of it. It has literally saved his life twice and the Transplant Team are living Hero's. Calgary should sleep safer knowing health care like this is available.

    Medical care is great, food is the complete opposite.
    Martin P.

    I had the "privilege" to spend almost 5 days in the hospital waiting for a surgery after an accident. To sum it up: - The technical amenities and equipment was exceptional - The experience with the first emergency care was overall positive. Definitely could be faster, but considering how crippled I was, there was no where to rush - once I was placed to the room, I was pleased and surprised by the care I was given by the nurses night shift. They were so amazing! Thank you for making the stay in the hospital so pleasant for me! - waiting time for the surgery was frustrating, however the result was great and the surgeon was super experienced and nice person. - I left the hospital next day after I faked that I have no pain and did my best to perform some tricks with the crutches - what was absolutely terrible was the food. I assume they provide such a shi**y food to make you get out from the hospital soon. Which is an ok strategy I guess. However, I was surprised how unhealthy the food provided in the hospital can be. - last think to mention - pills and pain killers. I couldn't understand the amount of pain killers served to everyone. Either they got some kickback from the Tylenol distributor or they just wan't to drug you so you don't feel pain and get out from the Hospital soon. I took less than half of them but still could easily consider myself a crackhead knowing the amount of Acetaminophen I got into my system... Overall I am very thankful for the care and help. Really shocked to realize how some patients act and behave when the nurses are trying to help them. Shame on you grumpy complainers and hypochondriacs (of all ages).

    Carrie P.

    We are extremely fortunate to have such a top notch hospital in Calgary. Even though I am a relatively healthy individual, I had a tough run-in with my health in 2005, which had me in the Foothills hospital for 11 days. Yep. 11 days. (no ooo`s and ahh`s. I am FINE now. :) However, I do speak from experience when I say that the doctors and nurses in that facility that I dealt with, genuinely cared about my well being. I was often informed what was happening, and never had to track someone down to find out what was next. Quite frankly, whatever was next, was generally, `proactivelly` happening to me. lol! Also, during my 11 day stay, I had a lot of problems, but luckely, none of them were around my stomach. Like a true ukranian girl, my run of being sick did not affect my appetite, so I mostly waited for breakfast, lunch and dinner. What I didn't expect, was that every morning, I got a little checklist, where I could choose what I wanted to eat based on what they had available. I wouldn't have expected that in a million years! I'm not saying that the meals that came were fancy by any sort, but considering where I was, they were good! Whoever was preparing them cared enough to add some flavor. The staff were amazing. Between the care I received and the fact that the meals were palatable, I am quite impressed with this facility.

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    Miles F.

    I am reviewing the "Kicking Crab and Corn Chowder" which was one of the two soups of the day today. And oh boy! Whattasoup! I enjoyed every spoonful of this yellowy, creamy, deliciousy tangy spectacle-in -styrofoam! So much so that I only remembered to photograph it after eating a chunk or two, and finished the whole lot before I could crumble my saltines. Whilst the kicking was there like a distant struggle, I poured in a packet of Louisiana Hot Sauce to take it up a notch - that did the trick! $3.95 for a bowlful. Worth it. Especially if they get bigger bowls. UPDATE 07/22/18 - Bigger bowls now available!!

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    Parking situation could be better but I like my MD and staff are helpful with booking.

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    The doctors and nurses and admin staff have always been helpful and professional to me.

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    Empathetic staff, hygienic facilities, timely service and lots of parking. What more can you ask for.

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    I'm only giving them a 1 because I can't give lower…read more My father's symptoms were ignored persistently by his oncology team for MONTHS. Could not even reach them via phone- when we tried they were rude and abrasive. Several ER trips were required until finally a med STUDENT at a DIFFERENT hospital figured something was off and ordered imaging. His cancer had metastasized literally everywhere and he lived only a couple weeks past this point. Destroyed our family and gave him no time to finalize his affairs in a way that gave him peace- left no quality time for our family to spend meaningfully together or for him to reach any sort of acceptance of his diagnosis or feelings before passing. All because they were too busy (and/or incompetent?) to do what a MED STUDENT at another hospital was able to. They had many opportunities to intervene and simply did not. I think the doctors here are more interested in completing their research than they are treating their patients. Their favourite phrase is: "don't worry about it." Please if you hear this from anyone here, turn around and seek out a second third or fourth opinion OUTSIDE of this facility, because the case will likely be YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT AND THEY JUST DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TIME. Hated the palliative team here as well. However, lots of the nursing staff were very sweet, client centered, and advocated for the patient's rights (even when it meant going up against the doctors. Showing again doctor's disinterest.)

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