I want to be very honest with this review of Loyola University Medical Center…read more We arrived on Easter Sunday night after being transferred from another hospital, and I was truly grateful we made it. The ICU staff on the 2nd floor were exceptional--kind, professional, and attentive. They consistently checked on us and treated both patients and family with care and respect during a very difficult time. However, after a few days, we were moved to the 3rd floor, and the experience changed significantly. During overnight hours--around 2 AM--the environment has been surprisingly loud. I heard staff using profanity, watching videos or news on their phones at high volume, and openly complaining about long shifts. I understand healthcare is demanding, but this is a hospital setting, and patients (and their families) can hear everything. My relative is here receiving end-of-life care, so I stay overnight. At one point, a nurse questioned my presence rather abruptly before knowing the situation. To her credit, she apologized once she understood, but in moments like these, a little more compassion upfront goes a long way. One of the nurse was rude and jist keep using profanity and stated this is who she is. Wow, Loyola use to have professional nursing staff, what happened? I also noticed interactions where staff spoke to patients in a very casual, sometimes inappropriate tone. Maybe I'm a bit old-fashioned, but professionalism matters--especially in a place where people are vulnerable, grieving, and trying to find peace. My takeaway: There is clearly a strong, compassionate team here--as seen in the ICU--but consistency matters. Professionalism, awareness, and respect should be maintained across all floors, especially during overnight hours. Hospitals should feel calm and supportive, not loud or chaotic. Patients and families deserve that--especially during life's most difficult moments. I will give a 4 star due to our first encounter here and the kindness nurses such as Nicole and Quand and Jordan. Very kind d and attentive. And I just heard 2 nurses use profanity to another nurse. I am sincerely flabbergasted that they speak like this so openly and there are patients present in their rooms. The level of unprofessionalism is amazing, and i am really saddened by this as this hospital was once top hospital. Being part of the joint commission will definitely reflect not only my review, but how I move forward. This is really upsetting me.

Today we came to visit my husband who had surgery. My 14 yr old was with me. They told her she has…read moreto be 18 to visit. They could have told us that on the phone and saved us a 6 mile trip but it's loyola and they don't do anything to make your visit pleasant. They would not even let her sit in the lobby. We had to turn around and leave. I don't know why this hospital is so terrible, not family friendly, it's a shame. Terrible hospital. I need my ppo insurance again so I can attend Northwestern where they treat you like a valuable human.

This doctor has been my husband's primary doctor for years. We travel from Arizona to keep our…read moreregular appointments. He is caring about your health. He makes extra effort to visit and check on you when you are hospitalized. Also, when you call him with any questions, he actually calls you back with answers. He is an awesome doctor who has wonderful bedside manners! Highly recommend him.

I want to give Loyola Hospital the benefit of the doubt but I just cannot. They dissapoint me…read moretime after time. Currently I am trying so hard (for three days now) to get an appointment for an IRON infusion. My order is in the sytstem, everything is up to date. I cannot get an appoint for iron. I call, they transfer me. I call again they tell me the "System is down". I keep hearing on the phone about how "they are changing to a new system and this is causing delays". Change to a new sytem has been going on for at the very least 7 months. How much more of this? Why does it take 3 days of calling to try to get an appointment? I still do not have an appointment. Sometimes I think Loyola just wants you to die. Are they understaffed? Why is the CALL center so inefficient? It is a sin. This hospital gets it right 2/10 times. That is a sin.

My Head and Neck cancer was diagnosed by a doctor who did not follow up and it grew to a large…read moretumor 7 months later! I was referred to Loyola University Head and Neck Dr Borrowdale and he saved my life. He did the full tumor removal within two weeks of my first visit. Nine hour surgery to take out the tumor and do a face and neck flap to remove it and cancerous lymph nodes! 2 years later I am Cancer free but do have Lyohodema due to the lymph glands having to be removed! Loyola has the best Head and Neck Team. I had Radiation and chemo to kill any remaining cancer cells but today I am alive and can swallow, chew and eat! I had a feeding tube during my treatment but never used it. Don't wait for weeks to get treatment, Loyola takes care of cancer treatment quick and gives you the full team approach with everyone working together to help you. Great nursing staff and very responsive PAs that follow up with my doctors on any request I have had over two years!

This is for all the VA Hospitals all over the United States. I go mostly to the Aleda E Lutz…read moreMedical Center.... I cannot help it if My VA Hospital is among the top VA Medical facilities in the United States of America. It receives highest ratings. And for this I am grateful. These days, the Veterans Administration is being blamed for something that is much more systemic (whatever that means!) https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Blinking+Smiley+Face+Stickers&fsm=1&FORM=SHOPSO It's a difficult situation for providers and benefactors. I know, so I try to be understanding. If the providers can, shouldn't we at least try? I say let's do it. I am grateful to God and Country for all the care I receive. So is my wife. Hang in there soldiers, sailors, flyers, fighters! Pray for our armed forces, our Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen, Marines. Thank you for your service, Thank those who live and die so we can be free. Don't give up. Sailor Kenneth Lockhart 82 years old. Served 65 - 66 Saginaw, Michigan

Like most VA it's horrible. They cancel appointments last minute regularly and then they lie to…read moreyour face and tell you they called you. Even though we can all look on our phones and show them they are wrong they take no responsibility. I'd say understaffed but it wouldn't matter because they have the laziest staff you can imagine so quantity doesn't really help. It's very normal for the bargain bin doctors they have to just not show up to the patients appointments they agreed to and they suffer no consequences. Terrible hospital but again on par for horrible VA care. The entire hospital and system needs to be gutted and redone you can't salvage these people working there because they are the bottom of the barrel. Expect to be treated like garbage not listened to or even given basic care. Thank you for your service, here's the trash bin.

Two highly enthusiastic thumbs up!…read more I saw Dr. Jones today to ask about getting my tonsils removed. I've seen a lot of doctors in my life, and this might just have been my best doctor visit ever. Dr. Jones has the kindest demeanor you could ask for, and was extremely thorough in the warnings and information he gave me about the procedure. I actually felt like he listened to me and genuinely cared about my concerns and about my health. This is the kind of doctor you always wish you had. I'm actually kind of excited to come back for my surgery in January! How often can you say that?!? In short, if you're looking for an ear nose and throat doctor who is kind and competent and will treat you like a human being, look no further. This is your guy.

My husband and I saw Dr. Jones in March 2020, and it's been a nightmare ever since. We were both…read morecharged a SURGERY CHARGE of $1300 each. We were not informed by Dr. Jones or his staff that we would be charged for this 1-minute look in our nose. I repeatedly called Loyola and Dr. Jones' office to no resolve. Dr. Jones did not inform us that looking at our nose would cost $1300 or considered a surgery. If he said surgery I would have stopped right there and said no, I need to talk to my insurance company. I did ask him why since we had CT Scans why couldn't just look at that. He runs up the bill with charges we were not aware of. He will not return all phone calls. His office states the doctor has no idea that there are charges for various procedures. I'm questioning if this is a violation of the False Claims Act but Dr. Jones has not returned my calls to discuss this.

Don't go here unless you want to be forced to take IV fluids when you don't need them by a bitchy…read morenurse who won't take no for an answer, & then having to put up with their shitty attitude because you wouldn't do what they said. They offered oral meds only after I told them they weren't giving me an option to chose what I wanted. I clearly wasn't dehydrated nor in a severe state. I said I didn't want an IV & got poked 3 times, after I said I didn't want to be poked again, the bitchy male nurse came in saying they lost my blood samples and they needed to draw blood again. Again, wouldn't take no for an answer and kept wanting to forcefully give me an IV, after the 3rd time he drew blood he kept the IV in!! Even though there was nothing connected to it. Just had to have things his way. Never going back here again. They also took like 3 hours just to put me in a room.

What can I say about a hospital? Having spent the past two days, and will again for a few more days…read morevisiting my dad after his heart surgery ... the place creeps me out. It's enough to make you want to eat bananas and oatmeal, every day for the rest of your life. I will say it is a relatively clean, friendly place. Veterans from all walks of US Armed Forces, wars, battles, service, etc etc ... and they even let you visit 24/7! Way to go VA! As if being a family member doesn't have any clout .. !? Other hospitals take away your freedom and kick you out at a certain time. On the main floor, they have a little Barista (or whatever the hell its called). Smoothies, teas, coffees, fruit drinks, snacks, blah blah ... --- BUT - they're at good prices. So all in all, a son worrying about his fathers health and future on this earth ... you can still get something tasty at a low, friendly price. Gee, what can I say about a hospital?

I had average expectations for visiting this Dr. I've been to enough Drs offices to realize they're…read morejust as human as the next guy. What I do expect is professional courtesy. What I will definitely not tolerate is rudeness and eye-rolling when I ask a question. As a parent, I am an advocate for my baby's health. Expect questions. WARNING: Dr.'s are a dime-a-dozen. Save yourself the aggravation of dealing with rude, unprofessional people. I won't even get started on my experience w/ Carol who works the front desk. She actually asked me "what's your problem?!" And I was just asking her questions. When you're trying to wrap your head around an illness that your baby has, why would your professional response be like that? There are so many good Dr's out there. Find a group that actually treats you with professional kindness. Dr. Liszek et.al. is NOT THAT OFFICE!

This place deserves a ZERO rating. It should be out of business. My daughter was transferred there…read morefrom St. Joseph's in Joliet. After reading the reviews I didn't want her at Riveredge, but the hospital staff told me that Riveredge was the only location that had an available bed. Both my daughter and my experience with this place has been horrible. My daughter is currently there as I write this message. Her being there has kept me up at night. my daughter has gotten into two physical altercations and my daughter is not a fighter. She told me that a girl just walked up to her, punched her in her face and jaw, and it was swollen and she was in a lot of pain. No one from the facility called to tell me that my daughter was involved in an altercation. I had to hear from my daughter when she called during their one hour phone time. I've left over four messages for her therapist. No one has returned my call. I've also left messages for the nurse and the doctor. I just want to get a status of my daughter because she's been there over 10 days. I have to call multiple times before someone will even pick up the phone in the adolescent unit. you phone just rings. And when I am talking to my daughter it's very loud and kids are in the background cursing and yelling. This place is very unorganized. There is no way the kids should be touching one another. My daughter says they're allowed to say whatever they want, which includes profanity. They're allowed to comb each other's hair. There seems to be no rules at this place. I don't know how my daughter could possibly walk out of here better than she was when she went in. This is not the type of care I had in mind for my daughter. I can't wait until she is released. no circumstances will we ever foot in this place again?

This is a hellhole. DO NOT SEND ANYONE…read moreHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 99% of the workers are sadistic and cruel and disgusting. They seem to thrive on the misery of others. My son was a patient there and he is not the same person anymore. Now he feels like a burden. He apologizes for sneezing. His basic needs were not met. When he came home after only five days, his nails were long and his ears were disgusting. Even if you bring them something, they don't receive it. Everyone was shivering at night with only the thinnest blanket. So we brought him one. He never got it. Everyone's skin was dry so we brought him lotion. He never got it. Now, he has cracked skin around his genitals. He stutters severely now and he hasn't stuttered in years. He was punched in the face by a bully and not even given ice. That same bully left a scar on my son's leg. He asked an inappropriate question and had to stay an extra day. I am relieved he was not sexually assaulted. I think that would break me. But if you Google Riveredge and "lawsuits," your heart will break for what you will learn. I am appalled that ER hospitals would even think of sending someone to this establishment. I truly believe my son would have been better off in prison. In prison you are not freezing at night. In prison you get hot food, not cold slop. In prison, you won't get sick from drinking the expired milk. In prison you do not have intravenous medicine injected in your a$$ for any reason. In prison, you do not stay an extra day for asking an inappropriate question. This place should burn and the sadistic staff should be put in prison. Except for one person who was kind. The others should rot in hell.