Sioux Falls VA Medical Center

I have been going to this VA for over 10 years and they have provided the best care! Every time I have a concern, they are quick to get me an appointment or treatment. I have had several surgeries there and the doctors are beyond professional, knowledgeable and friendly. I would definitely recommend this hospital to any veteran!!!
8 years ago (21-09-2017)

Because of the rising premiums for Medicare supplements and prescription policies, I've changed all of my health care except dentist to the Veteran's Administration here in Sioux Falls. I get appointments in reasonable times, I get EXCELLENT CARE. All of the nurses and doctors I see are very friendly and thorough in their work. In addition to the regular primary care doctor (who is excellent), I also see an excellent doctor or audiology, an excellent optometrist, and and excellent oncologist. They deserve more credit than given by the politicians!
8 years ago (20-07-2017)

Just left the er for my husband. The staff at 11:30 am on Sunday, August 13th 2017 were completely incompetent. They were complaining in the nurses station about their jobs, about patients, describing in detail patients conditions but not in a briefing sort of way. They ignored my husband and the orders the doctor gave for his care. And we're ordering lunch. We finally left after no one would come to treat him. I understand needing to eat but they were given orders to do and it wouldn't have taken long. They chose to ignore him. They were rude when we asked for them to open the door to leave and were dressed poorly. If you hate your job in the medical field then leave. Our veterans deserve better than you.
8 years ago (13-08-2017)

My wife, elderly father-in-law, and I were on a cross-country trip from Seattle to Eastern Kentucky. FIL became dehydrated, and we had to put him the hospital a few days. The doctors, nurses, lab, etc was great. Hospital has been remodeled and is very nice. The mediocre review was because of the VA police. We were traveling in our motorhome with a trailer pulled behind it. First day we were there, we arrived super early in the morning. I pulled into the parking lot and took up approx 7 spaces. I wasn't expecting to stay there long ... only long enough to determine where I needed to park. The FIL was the priority. Immediately, this cop comes up to RV noticeably irritated that we had parked there. To quote: "Do you know that this thing is taking up like seven f___ing spaces? You'll need to move it to the street." I said okay and complied. I felt like saying that I know how to count. Several days later (which was the Friday before Memorial Day), we're parked on the street, and this same cop walks up to me while I'm standing just outside the RV and says that, since it's the weekend and after 5pm on Friday, it would be okay if I parked in the parking lot over the weekend since it wouldn't be getting full. It would also put us considerably closer to the front door. (I suffer from persistent a-fib and heart failure, and my wife has a bad back, so any distance closer is very much agreeable with my heart. It's a little walk between the street and the front door.) Anyhow, I move the RV to the backside of the lot, out of the way. We stayed parked there all night long. During the night, there were VA police patrolling the lot, frequently. At no time was I approached and told to move. The next morning, my wife and I are drinking coffee and this younger cop knocks on the window and tells me that I can't be camping there and that I'll need to move in the evenings. I told him what I was told by the first cop, and he responded with that he was the shift supervisor and didn't care what I had been told, that I'd need to move it in the evenings. He left. I'm thinking, if that's the case, why didn't the police notify me of this at some point during the night? These cops are apparently on power trips and do nothing to improve relations with patients and visitors. It's sad that a nice facility with great care is lowered by the police with attitudes. I'll stay parked on the street and these cops will get nothing but dirty looks since they like being assholes.
8 years ago (27-05-2017)

Wonderful experience at the VA is Sioux Falls. Caring People, excellent doctors..
8 years ago (29-07-2017)