Hull Royal Infirmary 2013-01-26 Person 3 5 0

I can't remember which ward I was on but I had an op on a broken and cancerous vertebrae. I went in on Thursday 24 January, had the op on Friday 25 and came home on Saturday 26 January. The surgeon was wonderful, efficient and very pragmatic. I wanted, and felt able to go home, and he said why not? I was so impressed with he - was his name Elliot? My first impressions of Hull hospital were dire! It was like a dirty and dangerous building site. Once in the foyer one of the lifts didn't work and there were crowds of people waiting for the the three remaining lifts. My heart sank. I really didn't want to put myself into the care of this place, I felt really down. But once on the ward everyone seemed ok, quite friendly - I've been in better wards in many different hospitals but I've also been in worse. The shining light was the operation and the difference it has made to my life! Also, the food was not too bad! I was used to the terrible food at York hospital and even at the wonderful Royal Orthopaedic hospital in Birmingham, where it is in edible!