Halifax Infirmary @ QEII - Summer St Entrance

I have not enough good things to say about the Neurology department. (that's the only time I've been there)The care and understanding, talking to me like a human from Doctors, Nurses, Techs... I really can't thank them enough.To hear people complain about them ALL THE TIME, really is uncalled for

My sister was taken by ambulance from her home to DGH where she was subsequently transferred to the Infirmary.Her condition was quickly diagnosed.Staff was amazing and extremely caring and attentive.Her diagnosis was very scary for us all but after a week she was discharged and is now recovering at home.Thank you to the doctors and nurses of the ICU and Neurology.

I don't have any complaints about my specific stays but this rating is because something needs to change with this province's healthcare. There's never enough nurses for the amount of people in each section and it results in neglect. I'm fine because I can get up and walk on my own but not everyone can.

So far the experience is wonderful clean, friendly but professionalism is a must. Thank you for taking good care of my Son. Thank you to all the nurses and Drs for making him as comfortable as possible in this difficult time, but their positivities made him feel so much better, a worried mom best wishes, all Gods blessings!

They left my father in his hospital room starving for a week or more because they said everyday We might do a biopsy you can't eat.. nah we aren't gonna do it. Maybe tomorrow". Never did do the biopsy and it turned out he had terminal cancer (few tumours isolated around bile duct and an enlarged lymph node)

I waited for 14 hours and had to go back untreated. When you’re outside everyone looks so professional and well spoken but soon as you ask them questions they get real mad about it (not all of them). One of them was pretending to check me on their emergency list and was making stuff up to tell me.

Really bad experience I went in for an injury and they didn't even xray or do anything to look at it. Doctor walked over with no bedside manner, not being gentle or gradual, and said does it hurt when I do this" and then without warning flexed my foot to its max where the injury was. No slow testing just forcefully flexed it all the way. I had to respond with ow yes it does. He seemed shocked at my response and said well I have to look at it to see. Well yes he does but usually when someone says something hurts you test gradually their abilities so you don't hurt them."

There are mice all over the building, cracks and holes in walls. Suited perfectly to the level of care provided by doctors and nurses.

I experienced a nightmare here a few years ago (pre-pandemic), which I'm finally ready to share. First, I went to emergency with severe abdominal pain, waited six hours just for the doctor to do nothing but suggest antacids. I returned days later with a note coming from my own family doctor, which stated that I needed EMERGENCY SURGERY (as he quickly and accurately diagnosed me). But when I went again to the hospital, the doctor let me writhe in agony for hours while he would periodically enter the room, scratch his head, and conclude that nothing was wrong with me and that it was all in my head. This whole time, I could do nothing but politely and plainly explain my symptoms to him. I was helpless. (And where was the note from my family doc!?) He even smugly suggested that I go home (where I would have died that night). Things got even worse with that particular doctor, and later, some nurses. (Stories that are too long and private to describe here, lasting right to the very end of my time in this funhouse-of-horrors.) I left a couple of days later, miraculously post-surgery, which was like being tossed onto a conveyor chopping block and spat out the other end.

My father arrived at the Halifax Infirmary Emergency on Wednesday morning. Credit to the EMTs who suspected a possible stroke and for their quick actions and transport to the hospital. After being cleared by the cardiac and neuro units at the hospital it was determined he had a bad kidney / bladder infection. I, and my father, cannot say enough about how well he was treated over the next 48 hours. The staff was attentive and went out of their way to keep my father and myself informed every step of the process. My father had arrived at the hospital with no shoes or winter jacket after being transported by ambulance. I was out of country and a snow storm was moving in and it was going to be difficult to bring him clothes and get him transported home. The hospital staff supplied him shoes, a winter jacket, and a taxi chit to get him home. We were amazed at how caring the staff was, the time they spent making sure we were informed, and the steps they took to organize my father's trip home. Thank you to all the staff in emerg!