******* Sewickley Hospital ****** I have visited this…read morehospital for SEVERAL tests, procedures and two emergancies. The hospital is great but me nor my husband are great fans of their ER. They are nice but not really efficient. I had to visit for a bad migraine. They had to put in an IV to give me fluids. This male nurse came in to give me pain medicine through my IV but failed to warn me that it would be painful. Lets just say I came off the table and ended up in the floor. I was so mad. The nurse then said, "oh yeah, it could sting a little." My thoughts were "REALLY WTF!!!!." lol My husband had to visit the ER for kidney stones recently. They just asked him his symptoms, gave him meds and told him to follow up with his doctor. $100 for that. If you need tests run or bloodwork this facility is great. Apparently Wednesdays is BACON day. HAHA I know this because when my husband was having a procedure done the nurses were all excited that it was Wednesday and they get BACON. lol So a recap: if your loved one needs to have a procedure done schedule it for Wednesday. Although I visited their cafeteria and I didn't think their bacon was good at all. I did enjoy plugging in my laptop and hanging out in the seated area of the cafeteria. It was nice and I got to hear all the chit chatter of negativity from the female nurses. I just tuned them out and surfed away on the wonderful world wide net. ;)

If there are patient safety issues then demand that your loved ones be moved to a more reputable…read moreinstitution. The insurance will continue to pay for the care, if the move is "by doctors orders". Do not let them tell you that you are moving the patient to another institution because insurance will see it as involuntary discharge and will not pay for another admission to a hospital for the same health reason. If you site safety violations, the hospital will move your loved one, at their cost. Do not let them charge your credit card. Call the President's office and demand to talk to the President, when there are safety issues at hospitals you should not have to pay for transport or medical care at or between the institutions. Your loved ones needs for you to look after them. Get a name of a specialist at the new institution and have them admitted under the chosen doctor onto their service at the new hospital. I had a similar situation in Sewickley and my opinion is that the place should be closed down. If you do not have a medical professional in your family then hire one (when someone you love goes into the hospital, any hospital). Yes! It is expensive but it may save their life. The medical professional friend / family members needs to be reviewing charts, diagnosis and treatment plans (with doctors, etc) and ask many questions and don't let them intimidate you. They will indicate that the charts can not be viewed because of HIPAA. Make sure that your loved one either gives permission for the chart review or the Power of Attorney gives permission for the medical records to be reviewed (also get copies). When the Doctor that I spoke with at SVH about their safety issues, they continually repeated "are you threatening me" (threats are illegal). My response was "is that how you are feeling?". Her response was "yes" and I would retort that her "feelings were not my concern, my mother's mistreatment at Sewickley Valley was". Intimidation and diversion tactics may be used when you site safety issues so bring the focus back to transferring the loved one "under doctors orders". My advice is to not go there, at all or DO NOT allow an ambulance to drop your loved ones there. I told SVH to never admit my loved ones.

Father had kidney failure and has been in critical care there for 6 days…read more - General poor communication from staff doctors and nurses. Inconsistent reporting of factual information. -Irrigation bags are not marked with time and date of last change so next incoming shift will know how much was used and next time to change. Seems to be no rigidity to keeping of a schedule. Kind of a "I'll get to it when I notice it" situation. -Still not computerized. Everything done on papaer charts thus increasing potential for written errors. This is huge. -Seem to do a 5 day rotation and you are left to whoever is on call on weekends. -We have a good friend who is at UPMC as well as my niece who has been there every day sitting with my father and the first words out of there mouths when this all started was why is he not at UPMC or AGH. As a nurse my niece has had to help my mom ask questions every day to get a straight story. - Nephrostomy tube was not being flushed and clotted with blood overnight. Nurse told me when we arrived in the am and when I asked when the Dr'. would be in to check this she snapped at me and said he would be in later. My father had to go down to radiology and a Nephrologist had to come in to specifically flush the tube. So my father already in a weakened condition had to have light anesthesia and another procedure when they simply should have been flushing his tube. -When asked about a plan for removing my dad's nephrostomy tube the urologist said it would need to be the nephrologist that would sign off on that and they kept going back and forth as to would sign off. This was on a Monday when the Nephrologist questioned why it was kept in all weekend to begin with. -WAY WAY WAY too many people involved in my father's care -Facility does not have the advanced dialysis equipment to handle getting the very finest pollutants removed from the blood stream. The only reason we did not pick up and have my father moved is because insurance would not allow for him to be moved once he had been admitted. When he goes for his surgery when he is strong enough we will be going to a more competent facility such as AGH or UPMC - Presby.

I had surgery to treat several problems in my dominant hand in February of 2021. I had two cysts…read morewhich needed to be removed, a trigger finger condition, and a deteriorating carpal-metacarpal joint, all in my left thumb. Dr. Ditano's performance throughout everything was excellent. He is extremely well-trained, highly skilled, and very, very diligent. He was also very patient about explaining all the problems, what the options were and how the prognoses would play out depending on the course chosen. When I opted for surgery, he described exactly what would happen and stressed repeatedly that after surgery, there WILL be physical/occupational therapy needed. He didn't sugar-coat anything. He was dead-on in everything he told me. In addition, Dr. Ditano is a very congenial and courteous professional. I can't say enough about him. His office staff, from the physician's assistant to the radiologist to the nurse to the receptionist all met the same high standards he set for the practice. John M.

Dr. Ditano did surgery on my right hand. I was nervous about the surgery because I am a jeweler and…read moreI need that hand to be working! He did a super job. He was realistic about my recovery time and pain level. I had my surgery Feb 15th and today the scar is almost invisible. He told me about 6 months before my hand is fully functioning...and I am right on target. Plus, he is just a good guy. I recommend Dr. Ditano without hesitation.

The Best parking Nurses were great well staffed .Dr Duke Thomas excellent bedside manner.I…read morerecommended this hospital and Greater Pittsburgh Orthopedic Associates.

I had foot surgery and every care person has been wonderful!!! It it a quiet place and I cannot say…read moreenough good about the care I have received!!