My teenage daughter was staying in New York this summer for a college program. Exactly 5 days after I dropped her off she called me in the evening complaining of stomache pains. The dorm counselers took her to the Long Island Teaching Hospital Friday evening, I had no available flights out of where I live until the next morning and she was there alone. She said the staff made her feel very comfortable and that they were very kind. They called me every time they ran a test or wanted too and made my daughter a top priority (at least it seemed to us). By 6am (right before my filght was leaving) they called to say they had to do an emergency appendectomy (SP?) before my daughters appendix ruptured. She went into surgery alone, but said that the staff was very caring and kind and she felt o.k. I got there that afternoon and was allowed to stay in the hospital for the next 2 days while my Daughter healed and was able to fly home to recover.
Pros: Very kind and loving staff and doctors
Cons: having insurance claim trouble now due to the hospital not filing their paperwork
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