Alberta Hospital Edmonton

Very difficult to get nurses attention when they're at the desk. There could be six of them standing there and you come up to the window and they all ignore you. Female nurses tend to not come out from behind the counter where as male nurses are seen on the floor all the time. Male nurses also seem to be more friendly. I felt the doctor I had with pushing me to go home before I was ready and I was just charged before I felt I was ready. Overall not too bad replace some activities to help keep you busy. Food was good.

Pros: Amenaties, wi-fi, various activites, movies, computer lab, gym, food(at times), video games, cards, some nice and humble staff, certain helpful programs, some patients make good company, visitors, fairly clean facility. Cons: Doctors and nurses have have too much power over patients which leads straight to abuse in many cases. People forced or overly pressured to take medication that often has too many side effects which can be dangerous and life-changing. Some staff and doctors have poor communication and english skills. Some patients make pretty bad company and sometimes there is inter-patient violence(likely because people are on-edge due to how they're treated). Suggestions: Don't play with peoples health, you should be confident enough that your services are going to help that you make them voluntary. Staff and doctors should try to educate themselves on what people are going through and consider individual walks of life; it doesn't help anyone to throw labels like 'ill' and 'incompetent' just because they don't fall under your definition of "normal". Doctors should broaden their education outside mental health because they might mistake something they don't comprehend for something that indicates an illness. Have higher standards for the chemicals you tell people to put in their body, meaning less side effects and more thorough research and development.

Horrible at 1 time decent (When there was more activities) but I'm giving Alberta Hospital a two a (2) the staff are rude toward their own people giving them minimal care and empathy the Doctors soome seem too promise you things but there word is never good oonly soome Doctors usually Female and a few Male were good keep good on there word...as well they lied in the computer system saying I've been here 5 times when it's been 4 They continuously try too over medicate you and noow there seems too be a War on the Eastern part of the ?W?rld? After a life time spent working and serving the Hospital there is and was a lack of apathy a lack of humility and yeah you have too refuse Nurses like a trillion times and refuse there no good psyhic meds but for them too actually get that you are refusing them is quite disappointing if I am allowed too say this soome Nurses looked appropriate and acceptable however they seem too get harrased at work by these pushy men and patients got in a physical altercation with another gentleman made him do the fall back and shake then we later played b?ll and he said he felt better so Respect was shown but ultimately. I ask that catering and the Culinary be alot better for the patients they are refusing too release into the public called 811 about the service and care of others unlike me and not similar too me because that what hospitable Gentlemen do when they see wr(o)ng right thank you again for the Sanitation like ultimately "ask ourselves" why do we need too be medicated OOH because a Doctors needs a patients as well Nurses and all that want jobs right quite sad #Humans ? Akeem Ricardo Wade Ross OOH and do make Akeem a Trillionaire thank you in appreciation all spelt correctly right (?)

I had a really bad experience here in the Young Adult ward back in February. I'll try to be as to the point as I can in an attempt to fit all of my experience in. This review is ONLY for the YA Ward, as I never experienced the rest of the hospital. I want to also preface this with the fact that my issue turned out to be a chronic illness, so this is the experience of someone that wouldn't have found the help needed in the ward, anyways. So: • My psychologist at the time, Dr Adam Abba-Aji, coerced me to admit myself into the ward. I was (and am not) a danger to myself or others, and he made it seem like some kind of mental wellness camp. "You won't want to leave, and if you do, I'll pay you. You can leave whenever you want". He did not disclose that he works there, nor that it was a ward. • I was not given orientation once admitted. I was only given a tour around the ward. I mention this because I was not expecting the hourly night check-ups and this made it very hard to get any sleep. I'm aware they check-in for a very good reason, just a heads up is all that was needed. • When I started to freak out because I was locked in with people of a profession (medical) I struggle to trust, the staff made barely an effort to make me feel safe. I was only told that "everyone comes in like this" and all that tells me is that they're not good at being sympathetic and welcoming. - During my first attempt to be released, the acting psych told me, "You're not trapped here! :)", acting as if the all doors to leave weren't locked. • I tried to be released as I was promised I was free to do. The acting psych wouldn't let me because the program "is praised by the rest of the province" and I that should feel lucky to be in there. • I'd managed to secure a weekend pass, and reluctantly came back on Monday. I was told there were programs during the day, but I was never made aware that any were happening. The only people that came to see if I wanted to participate was the gym couple and a nutrition lady, and I enthusiastically joined both. • I was called back from the gym to meet with a physician to do a very basic examination. This old man, while cupping my face, decided to make a very inappropriate comment on my appearance. This made me very uncomfortable. • I was then called to see my assigned psych (Abdulah, I believe) who compared me, a disabled woman, to his abled son. He then proceeded to shame me for not being in the same place in life. • Medication time came, and I was being given 2 new meds without being told what they are. I asked the nurse what they were, and when I told her I was refusing the anti-depressant (history of them making me suicidal), she got visibly upset with me. Later on, I got the other med taken off my list too because my actual psych said it was too big of a risk for me to be on it! • Morning came. My nurse comes in and flashes me in the face with a flashlight to wake me up. Didn't try anything else, just jumped straight to the flashlight. Very dehumanizing, in my opinion. I get they can't just shake you awake, but is there really no other way? Maybe just let us sleep since y'all don't really supply us with things to do anyways? • I'm changed to my regular psychs "care" and I tell him I'd like to be discharged. He begins to try to guilt me into staying, attempting to act like he knows my mother and how she'd feel about me leaving. I've since fired him as my psych. • Staff tried guilting me too by loudly talking about me to each other outside my door. So, no actual "programs" seemed to be going on, I was dehumanized and shamed in my short time there, met resistance when I questioned medication, said medication turned out to be things incredibly bad for me, harassed by the physician, and met with manipulation attempts when trying to leave. Avoid that ward like the plague, if you can. There's no possible way you can convince me they help anyone in a positive way.

tried calling to ask how being admitted into a psychiatric care works because i am afraid to be admitted & i wanted to know more about how it works to ease my mind & the lady (I believe her name was “Trudy”) was in credibly rude! definitely how you treat somebody who is feeling unwell enough to call about psychiatric care. 12/10 get some more empathetic staff.

OMG where do I even begin...Alden Oh Alden...TOP SERVICE AND TREATMENT BETTER THAN THE HILTON I TELL YA ;) from the guy. He make the best buttered up popcorn and can't forget Ashlee with the PB & J's she even cut out the crust for me ;) Oh YA almost forgot head nurse Lisa aka Mona Lisa such an angel. The whole team is the best team of health care providers in not only Canada but #1 in the world. Dr Nelli is just a man with a plan and treats his patients with everything and anything needed. Shout out Alberta hospital. ;)

Pilgrim man sent me here, he made me go insane and develop severe mental problems. With the help of expert staff here, I began to feel like my normal self again. Hopefully I never go through that again and hope that no one has to either

May 15, 2022 - A friend was telling me about her brother. He was mentally ill, in and out of the hospital, refusing service. He was found dead this past January. There is a severe problem with the mental health program in Canada, Alberta - which is not new to anyone. However; the pattern I see, is that if someone refuses service for their mental illness, the program does nothing and it's just a matter of time until they are found dead. Is that the objective? July 8/21 - My loved one came home today and told me that they were sick and going to die within a year or two. They are 25. Did you all know that the Alberta Hospital system is not connected to Access 24/7? Which is the same system that the doctors from the Royal Alex and the UofA all input to. It would appear that Ab hospital do not support the idea of family connecting, to ensure safety of their loved ones. I wish I could give the hospital a zero, however it's not their fault. The system (data) does not get communicated to them. What I do find odd, is that every time my love one has been admitted, they have a new doctor. Why is that? May 30/21 - My loved one came to visit today, and has new knife marks on their leg. They are deep, new, and big. Right leg. I would think that the practitioners at the facility would've been able to differentiate between charm and deception. Or did they just want to wash their hands? Two weeks ago from May 30/21 - The staff are extremely caring and I appreciate their efforts, however I do feel that they (doctors) are uneducated of the illness that my loved one is suffering from. It is certain, they will see them again. My loved one, knows exactly how to play the mental health system. Too bad the doctors do not recognize it. And yes, I do seek my own therapy due to what I've endured.