There were not adequate facilities for a disabled person in the private ward, the showers were disgracefully filthy, the domestic staff were obnoxious to patients, the doctors didn't credit the level of pain I was in.

Overall I have been extremely impressed by the profesionalism and care in the Mater Private.

The standard of care I have received at the Blackrock Clinic has been excellent but there are two ares it could improve on. Firstly, it can take a long time to go through the admissions procedure and paperwork even for day care which is frustrating as I have to attend weekly and need to have my treatment completed before I go to work. Delays have occurred a few times causing me to be late for work. The Blackrock Clinic should put in place a system to admit regular patients more quickly.

My wife on a business trip to the UK was ill and passed out briefly in Heathrow. We were able to get her back to Ireland yeaterday evening and decided to bring her to the VHI Clinic in Dundrum where she received immediate attention. On examination the doctor in the VHI Clinic strongly recommended that we bring her to St Vincents A+E for a blood test. They wrote an accompanying letter. We arrived at 7.30pm approx, my wife was seen by a nurse who took details (ticked boxes ) and that was it. We were not communicated with in the next 4 hrs, when enquiring where we were in the queue we were told by the receptionist that there were people before us etc, we could get no indication of when we might be seen. I left St Vincent's feeling ashamed and humiliated by the experience.......we felt so badly about my wife's condition and distress that we left the A+E at around midnight. I was once a strong advocate of Public Health.........well the time has come for major change of mindset and attitude, it's long overdue if our experience last night is being received by other patients visiting this A+E department. I would expect that the usual platitudes will follow this such as its Mary Harney's fault that we don't have staff, we cannot anticipate how busy we might be on any one night etc etc. Shame on you all.

Heard so many bad things about this hospital. It's a disgrace people are saying it, they work hard to keep everyone happy, thank you Letterkenny general.

Was admitted on a bank holiday weekend and cleaning and nurse staff was lacking. Was much improved on the Monday. Nurses on recovery ward not great, left alone after C-section and couldn't lift baby but delivery ward staff were fantastic.

Everybody was very helpful to us on tuesday the 17/11/2009 down as far as the security men on the door.

i gave birth to my baby in mayo general castlebar the hospital itself was dirty – soiled floors,soiled toilets, bins in toilets overflowing with waste ladies sanitary pads to be polite it was one of the most disgusting things i have ever seen. They were bulging out of the bin and falling on to the floor no one came to clean them up either the bins wore left like that from friday until monday. The showers were dirty also and blocked i was up to my ankle in other peoples filth while i had my shower as the shower hole in the floor was blocked, if i went into detail i would be here all day. The wards did not have enough nurses a total nightmare. I was glad to be leaving the hospital when i was discharged. i thought my nightmare was behind me...a few days later after i got home i became very ill so did my baby after a long draw out week both me and my baby were found to have contracted the m.r.s.a super bug what a shock for a new mum to get. We received poor treatment to treat the infection in the hospital it self to be quite honest we were treated like its the norm in mayo general to contract the bug in general we recieved no aftercare or follow up check ups, i had to do all that my self to find the infection had spread to my sons groin he was nearly 1 year old when we finally got rid of it. My hospital stay at mayo general has left me traumatised and has put me off having any more children i know that there are others out there like me who have contracted the m.r.s.a super bug while staying in the mayo general why should people have to put up with this sort of thing? Something must be done to clean up mayo general hospital.

I felt my needs were met very well by the staff on duty. I was treated with care and courtesy by some lovely nurses and consultant. Thank you very much.

I had a gallbladder removal and both the lead up appointments and the on the day of the operation, I found the staff and efficiency top class.