Don't trust them with your belongings.\r
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While I do think that the Swedish network has the best doctors in Seattle, I will never get a procedure done at this particular Swedish hospital again. The staff is negligent and possibly dishonest. \r
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When I had a minor procedure done in July of 2012 the staff lost ALL of my belongings, including my clothing, jewelry (including my wedding ring), my purse, my iPad, and my iPhone. The orderly who had come to take me into surgery specifically told the friend who dropped me off to leave my things in a closet and that it would be waiting there for me when I got out, but wrote on my chart that my friend had taken all of my belongings with him. When I got out of surgery no one could find my things, and I had to go home in a hospital gown. \r
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After a lot of letter writing, the hospital agreed to repay me for the clothing that was lost, but refused to pay for the $1000+ worth of other things that were lost. I suspect that my things were stolen by a member of the staff, but at the very least they were extremely negligent to tell me to leave my valuables in an unsecured location, write incorrect information on my chart, and lose my things. I do not trust them, nor am I happy with the way the administration handled the incident.
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