Toronto General Hospital — Hospital in Old Toronto Toronto

Reviews of Toronto General Hospital

• Cameron

  Added 2016.10.04

  The problem arose at night time. The nursing staff was thin and four out of five nights they were busy dealing with one or more of my elderly neighbours who were confused or mentally ill and wanted to get out or know where they were which went on for hours. They were grumpy old guys who made a big fuss and wore out my sympathy with their demanding and unreasonable behaviour and attention seeking. The other problem was the machinery going 'ping' which went off a lot and twice I experienced all night 'pings' from machines that seemed to be unresponsive. I spent one night pressing the reset button every five minutes on my IV machine which I couldn't get anyone to change.
• Jose

  Added 2016.06.05

  First rate doctors, surgeons and nursing staff. I had a transplant here, and everything went perfectly. Care in the hospital was excellent, and friendly. Follow-up care team is exceptional. Very impressed. Sorry to read of people that had a bad experience, but either they ran into unusual circumstances, or perhaps they feel the world owes them, and medical staff should be miracle workers, not just other people doing a job to the best of their ability.
• Axel

  Added 2016.04.10

  The surgical staff were excellent and supportive and I was able to go home five days after surgery, almost a record. Fortunately I am relatively young and fit, or the hospital stay may have done me a lot more damage!
• Delilah

  Added 2016.01.21

  I lost a lot of sleep and despite willingness to pay for private or semi private room they were not available. My care suffered too, and I felt dirty and tired. I managed to catch some essential sleep during the day but naturally there were a lot of interruptions in a room with four patients.
• Cora

  Added 2015.06.29

  my father-in-law was hospitalized over a week ago due to an alarm which set off in his defibrillator. He was admitted and was due to have surgery in order to move it from 1 side of his chest to the other as well as replacing some of the wires which were rusted. He was to have the surgery last Friday. The surgery was never done and we didn't see a nurse for 4 hrs. No one checked on him to make sure he was ok. Then he was put on the waiting list for the surgery. He was suppose to have the surgery on the Saturday. Again no surgery done. all this time he is only being given 1 meal per day in case the surgery was done. Again put on the waiting list. Today is Thursday and we were told he would have the surgery at 9 am this morning. He is still sitting in his room waiting to be taken into the operating room. His cardiologist was not advised of any of this until 2 days ago. No one gives us any updates on his condition. No one calls his wife to let her know what is going on. My father-in-law is in in 80's and as early onset dementia. A man who has never swore in his life is now swearing at the nurses due to his frustration of being in the hosp and wanting to go home. Now we wait again for a surgery which never seems to come. stressful for his wife and us all to say the least.
• Kaylee

  Added 2015.01.02

  Daytime nurses were generally friendly and enthusiastic and there was a nice friendly buzz much of the time around the station on our floor, despite the high mortality, which is really a credit to the staff.
• Andrew

  Added 2014.11.05

  Everyone is very friendly, but you really need to keep track of what type of tests doctors want you to do and the documents you are given. When told bad news, it's hard to keep track, and in all honestly, it shouldn't be up to the patient to tell the doctor that in order to get blood taken, one must have a blood work form. I understand there are hundreds of patients, but in the 20 minutes the doctors has to visit me, I should be top priority.
• Jose

  Added 2014.10.26

  Great hospital, great staff! Attend in a timely manner and treat patients with respect. Naturally, there is a bit of a wait time to get the procedure scheduled.
• Asher

  Added 2013.09.22

  Great surgeon and medical team and dedicated daytime nurses but overnights a nightmare. I received very good care after walking in with jaundice and received quick testing which alarmingly revealed pancreatic cancer. I was quickly given on operable diagnosis and went back for surgery after about 4 weeks, pretty good but longer than I had wanted to wait. The preparation nurses were excellent, we knew what to expect and what to do. Surgeon, Dr. Greig, was excellent, very lucky to get him, and 9 hour surgery went well.