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Originally Posted by laceylady
These doctors are
Smart and
Their patients are fortunate. The Villages Hospital is the worst excuse for a hospital that I have ever seen. They did serious damage to my husband two years ago. Now we drive to Ocala Regioanl Medical Center for anything that requires a hospital. That place is first class.
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Amazing the different experiences that people have had at the various hospitals around The Villages. I had 2 surgeries performed by one of the Doctors at AUI (Dr. Taub) at Munroe in Ocala, and at the time I was in danger of suffering total kidney failure and being on dialysis the rest of my life.
During the first surgery I had an RN come in to give me my medications; I looked at the little cup and saw 3 tablets; I asked why there were three, and she replied that I take 3 of them a day, so there they were. I advised her that yes, I take three a day, but 8 hours apart. This was a heart medication; it probably would have killed me if I took all three at once.
The second surgery was to remove part of one kidney due to a tumor. At that time, it was critical to keep my bladder drained and not allow urine to back up and further damage my kidneys; the Doctor told the nursing staff to be sure to keep the urine collection bags emptied to avoid back pressure on my kidneys ... the only reason they were emptied is because my wife stayed overnight and did it herself, as the nurses did not. The next morning my Doctor appeared, saw the bags full (as my wife had fallen asleep) and went down the hall to the nurses station screaming at them.
I have been in The Villages Regional Hospital several times for other problems. During every one of those hospital stays I received excellent care and could not have been happier with the care and the facilities. I have been to Leesburg Hospital once, and while the care was good, the facilities were nowhere as comfortable or as nice as TVRH.
Based on my experiences, I would choose TVRH every time over Munroe or Leesburg unless I needed open heart surgery, which TVRH does not presently perform ... in which case I would go to Leesburg.
I think so much of the Urologist I have at AUI that I will go wherever he wishes should I need additional surgery, but I will be very unhappy to have to go to Munroe again.