UC San Diego Medical Center – Hillcrest

My boyfriend fell ill last December. He was taken by ambulance to the UCSD Hillcrest medical center, and what an unbelievably lucky choice that was for him! He was wheeled into an emergency room with all the latest devices and was immediately serviced by a dozen medical professionals who quickly determined his problem (descending aorta blowout) and got him into surgery. TWO highly trained vascular surgeons dove into his body and patched him up, noticing and remedying along the way a giant clot that was killing his leg. While checking their work, they discovered a problem with his kidney that also could have killed him and they took care of that as well. The post-​op room they had him in was like a fighter-​jet cockpit — full of expensive high-​tech equipment and highly trained staff who knew how to run it. every single person I interacted with was personable, patient, and competent — the doctors, the nurses, the myriad therapists, the administrative personnel, the janitors, the cafeteria staff — everyone! They saved his life repeatedly over the course of the next several weeks. He is alive now a year later and and healthier than he was before the surgeries. What an amazingly great facility and what spectacularly great staff!!! UCSD Hillcrest medical center is the BEST!!! If you need some serious care, you will be very grateful to go there.