My experience today is a reflection of being a child of two doctors who have worked here and one doctor who educated general surgeons and worked with nurses employed here.
Pros
1. Clean environment that makes the patient and family comfortable
2. Friendly front reception staff
Cons
1. Grandmother stayed o/n for monitoring. Doctor did not visit once and was treated by nurses. They made the executive decision to open an IV and take blood from the other arm. Both arms are now completely bruised. 2 days after stay, new blood tests requested, she refused on the account of the state of her arms. A monitoring device was installed for 74 TL co-pay: at the time of writing $25.50 ($5.50 more than Aetna and Cigna co-pay for private institutions in the US).
2. We had to visit the doctor's personal offices to see the person as he did not visit the in-patients in the hospital. This would cost an additional couple hundred lira for non-doctor families.
3. Crowded waiting rooms where receptionists yell patient names instead of assigning numbers. This was my first experience with this application. read more