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Your Tips on How to Get Off to the Best Start with a New Specialist
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@susan8 I lived outside of Manchester, NH and go to the Boston area for most of my medical care. People up here think that the care in the big city hospitals is uncaring and impersonal but I find just the opposite to be true. My primary Boston hospital is Mass General but I have also had care at doctors associated with Brigham and Women's and Mount Auburn in Cambridge. The doctors I have seen are far more attentive than the doctors here are. Such an irony. I adore Mass General.
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First, it’s @susan62 not @susan8. Thank you for making a note of this. Second, reading your reply I am led to believe that you are under the impression that I believe that the Mayo is the ONLY good clinic/hospital. That is not my opinion. There certainly are other very good ones. Personally though, because of my experience, my husband’s, my sister’s, my mother’s, my sister-in-law’s my uncle’s, my cousin’s and numerous friends, the Mayo has become the only place for us.
Since @cocoon6 is set up to be seen at Mayo, I wanted to tell what my experience has been there and offer support. Again, I never intended to give the impression that it is the ONLY place where one can get good treatment, compassion and respect.
I so agree with @contentandwell JK . I had a friend whose wife was an anesthesiologist at Mass General. When we first moved there he told me that if I got hit by a car or had a heart attack to make sure I shouted out "Take me to Mass General." We were there for 10 years and I loved the doctors, nurses and caring compassion of all the staff. When we moved to FL, I despaired of ever finding anything like that level of care. Then we found Mayo in Jacksonville. Whew! I guess I lead a charmed life.
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@contentandwell i also have hearn mass general is a great hosp. But a couple of years ago i had the opportunity to visit my mother who was at a hosp in Albany NY. I was not impressed. Besides the fact they charge extra for everything like phone and tv i thought the nursing staff were kinda of on the rude side. I jave spent most of my time at phoenix area hospitals and have had the best drs and nurses at two of the hospitals i used mostly. Chandler Regional and Mayo. Besides phone tv plus free movies the staff is awesome. Food could be a little better but i like the idea of ordering of a menu and there is quite a selection. So maybe im just lucky but based on my experience west is best in my book. Lol also i have to say there was one exception. I actually was born and raised in Mass and RI. 2 of my kids were born in at the time the new woman's and infants hosp in Providence. They were one of the best hospitals ill have to admit.