Monday, December 7, 2015

Saudi German Hospital Dubai - where I had my spine fusion surgery

You will hear a lot of stories about where you should be having your surgery.The most common way of deciding is to figure out who you trust and have your surgery done where they practise.

That's pretty much how I ended up having my spinal fusion surgery at Saudi German Hospital in Dubai. Because the doctors who I absolutely trusted somehow only operated at that particular hospital.

Stories. You will hear a lot of negatives about Saudi German.The staff don't know about caring, the rooms are just about a 2-star hotel. And "attention" is a word that's entirely missing from the vocabulary there...

Do NOT go with this stuck in your head.  I went in with a fair amount of negatire preconception and I was totally wrong.

It is a hospital. It is part Saudi, part German - and that is a combination that isn't what I would call the most delightful! But?

It's not all that bad at all. For the most part, every attending nurse was courteous and caring. They were attentive, and most always there when needed. And they did their job both efficiently and with a smile. Of course I would be lacking in grace if I wasn't thankful to everyone there, yet I must mention one of them by name. A male nurse named Manuel. Just The best there is out there

Overall, after all the long, sad, and disturbing negatives one hears about the hospital, you lactually come out feeling pretty much ok.

Yes, they did have a few hiccups when they first started the Wooridul -and Saudi German tie-up. But, asDr Shim had assured me, things had improved, considerably, and overall I have nothing to complain about at all.

In fact, it was much better than I expected.



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