Mount Vernon Hospital

Excellent, thank you to everyone who made my experience a home away from home. Absolutely recommend 10/10 can’t thank everyone enough. Thank you for helping me in my health journey. Thank you Nana and Claudia and Jamal and Karen (my namesake) and Dr Rush and Afia my social worker! And if I forgot to mention you, you know who you are commander in chief! And　also the art therapy teacher! And also nurse savvy =)

This was my second visit to the hospital in about four years; once for stitches in a finger that I almost skinned on a broken glass, and in January 2026, for a dangerously spiked BP. To begin with, on each occasion, from the moment I tried to enter, I was courteously stopped and patted down by the female security guard who explained why an electronic scan was necessary after the alarm went off. Not many people were in the waiting room, so I was promptly processed and called into an inner office for further medical intake information, and my BP was taken and recorded. I was then taken into a small waiting room where I could lie down and recline to my comfort, while multiple hospital personnel checked my BP from time to time. I even had a doctor come in and explain that my BP had come down to a manageable number and that an IV Infusion/Drip was no longer necessary. Instead, I was given fresh prescriptions and directed to the on-site pharmacy, which they said “was more convenient than driving across town to Costco Pharmacy.” In all, I spent 2-3 hours at the hospital, very comfortable in a raised and reclined examination couch (?), but I did not mind as I was so comfortable that I even got a little nap. 😊 A heartfelt thank you to all who attended to me; I was seen by 3-4 nurses who checked on me and monitored my BP (disturbing my nap😁), a couple of administrative personnel, and finally the doctor who came in to introduce herself, explain decisions taken, and release me. I felt very special!❤️