Ironically, my review was deleted but I will not allow anyone to be misled by MHS. I'm going to attempt to be as brief as possible. My issue spans from room comfort to staff rudeness so please bear with me as I convey my experience. I went to Memorial West to give birth because after researching hospitals in South FL, it seemed that Memorial West offered the best maternity care. I was told that the maternity rooms were a nice size, big enough to accommodate the mother, father, new baby and visitors. Well, this was the case at first. My labor and delivery room was huge. My delivery was with out incident and I was pleased for the first 12 hours after birth. Then, I was moved to a closet. Almost literally. I am sure there are jail cells that are bigger than the room I was put in. The room could not fit my bed, the newborn crib, and my food tray, let alone my fiance and visitors. It was ridiculously tiny. We had to move the crib and food tray around every time I or he needed to get up to use the bathroom. I could not believe how uncomfortable the room was. I was in total shock that they would put me and a NEW baby in a room that small. Then there are the nurses. My god. Who trains these people on etiquette and courtesy? The hospital needs to fire all of the nurses with the exception of maybe TWO in the whole maternity ward. My visitors were treated as if they were not welcome. A nurse came into my room (before I was placed in that closet of a room) and repeatedly announced that maybe I should send my visitors home. It was very disturbing to say the least. Then I had concerns about the medication they were giving me. For some reason, I had an unbearable headache. I questioned whether it was the medication they had given me and my concerns were just dismissed. After a day of being in a cramped room, having my concerns being dismissed and pretty much ignored, and being unable to sleep due to the nurses consistently in and out of my room, I decided to be discharged early. Well, after 20 minutes of the staff try
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