NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital

On July 2016 I visited my physician Dr.Robert Y.Lin and he placed
an oximeter on my finger -thus, seeing that my pulse was upraised
(also I lost a lot of weight and appeared slender) he was concerned that I
might be regressing to a low hemoglobin blood count and could need a
blood transfusion. Thence, when we were concluding our meeting he
lifted up the telephone and called his colleague Dr.Chaekal requesting
her to admit me to the NY Lower Manhattan hospital for an express blood test.

He handed me his referral note along with two sheets of directions to the
location and told me to go there without hesitation and that Dr.Chaekal was the best in her field. I relied on his words and readily did so.
By car it is seen the East river with sailboats,when driving by car one can go underneath the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridge. Nonetheless, going by vehicle to William Street might be congested and tardy at the arrival time for an hour or more.
Dr.Chaekal called me on my cellular phone when I was caught up in traffic -I greeted her and mentioned that I will be arriving late. She was comprehensive.
When I entered the hospital, the desk security smiled and he typed in my
information,giving me a visitor ID -he said to go through the wooden doors
to locate the "Infusion center." Dr.Chaekal's staff were fabulous! Dr.Chaekal
came inside and saluted me with "we were looking for you!"

Dr.Chaekal spoke with me about my health history and made copies of
my previous blood test done at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center.The rooms at the Presbyterian are sparkling clean with sofas and televisions.The rooms each can be separated at the front (for privacy) with curtain dividers. Dr.Chaekal was very alert with me and every patient, she
regularly came inside each patient's room asking questions.
My blood tests were done in twenty minutes. I received the most
essential results first which were "cbc w/plateles+diff (complete),
auto differential, reticulocyte count" -Dr.Chaekal told me to guess my
hemoglobin number and she said I was non-anemic! However, there were
some issues with the white blood cells "the absolute retic,lymphocyte automated" were low.
My health condition varies due to conditions and circumstances.

After three days I obtained my additional blood tests through my Presbyterian online account. Dr.Chaekal was brilliant, she cordially listened to me and gave me copies of my blood test results. She told me that Dr.Lin was worried about my health when he called her and she advised me to follow up on my health with him.
It was a pleasure to meet such a responsible hematologist!
When I exited the hospital with bandage on arm I walked three blocks
and went to a restaurant for takeout and walked beside the sunny park.
It was a bright day!

This is the worst hospital i have ever been to, my fiance had a stroke. While in the emergency room, they walked him to the bathroom and left him alone while wearing a fall risk wristband, and he fell, leaving a big black and blue on his knee. The second thing that happen, was the Doctor, came into the room to confirm the stroke, he let us know that he had multiple mini strokes and in the middle of the sentence, he left in a hurry, we thought he was coming back, and he never did, no compassion or professionalism what so ever, they are very lax, and lack knowledge. I have so much more to say about the say about his stay, he stayed in the section 4A, its suppose to be the hotel stay of the hospital, some of the staff in that section do not understand what fall risk, flighty, or impulsive means, luckily we were there for him. He was given a personal care technician because he needed it, there was one disgusting pig named cheryl who must have them in the palm of her hand, she was rude, loud, arugmentative , she was standing 6 feet away from the patient with her arms crossed, i could not believe that her unprofessionalism was accepted, while talking to her manager about her, she stood standing a few feet away from us, singing and humming and her manager accepted it, there is so much more than that. if u feel u might have to be admitted, avoid this one at all costs, there is so much more that when wrong, but who can write them all down??

I wish I could give negative star rating. Worst place ever. This place is filthy, understaffed and just grosse!!!!AVOID at all cost!!!!! They kept my husband overnight to solve nothing!!!! The gastro DR never showed up and hospital room never became available so he had to sleep in the ER which again is filfthy. Worst experience ever.

In march I delivered my premature son at that hospital. From the minute we walked in, we were well taken care of. Every doctor and every nurse had awesome bed side manners and they were all caring. They listened and they were attentive. I felt very safe and we trusted them with our son. We stayed at that hospital (NICU) for 12 days and there is not a single thing to complain about. If I had a choice again I would choose that hospital all over again. Our son recieved everything he needed (including attention and some love) and so did we.

I had a head injury when i walked and walked out with it. I could admit i was freaking out but i think its what happens when you have a head injury and your skull is exposed. Instead of trying to make me comfortable they brought security in and had him tell me that he was going to call the cops if i didnt calm down. I didnt even mention the fact that i was there 6hours before they decided to close my head wound. They tried to say i was awake but i only remember waking up to cold water on my face. The Dr. (I hope she was a intern and didnt know any better) started talking to security as if he to was a doctor. I didnt assault anybody yet she was scared to approach me. I was scared out of mind and im not going to deny yelling at them but was it necessary to throw me out of a hospital because i rightfully pissed? Bed side manner is everything and there's could of used less security and more patience with your patients.