Salem Hospital

"My daughter had her third son here… staff were professional and friendly! Hospital seemed very clean and the parking was easy! Seems like a great hospital!"

"We have had good care. Have come in through the ER had one 10 night stay and another single night. Lots of appointments to follow up. So feel justified stating the next... This is the fililthest hospital. Other hospital systems refer to their maintenance as "their pride". There is none of that here. Floors caked with dirt, crumbs, hair and dust bunnies. Dirty walls with soiled curtains that sport holes and rips. Stained and crumbling chairs. The public areas are fine but the ER and rooms are visibly not cared for as well or at all. This forces you to worry about how well kitchens and medical equipment are cared for and cleaned. We have seen the cleaning folks and this is not for them! Salem hospital needs to give them a raise and higher additional staff! When you pay a living wage and respect your employees you don't have "staffing shortages" or a filthy hospital."

"The 1 star is for the ER only. I was taken in by ambulance at 1pm with my ear almost completely ripped off. I was left in the hallway for hours with my ear gushing blood. At 11pm Dr Frankenstein sewed my ear up with non disolvable stitches. My ear has huge bumps. The stitches were so tight that we had to snip my ear in 8 places to get them out. I can't wear my glasses now because of this huge fold that he made when he sewed my ear. The plastics Dr told me that it was sewn completely wrong but can't be fixed without basically cutting it back off and reconstruction. Yay. If you can... go literally anywhere else"

"This hospital is one of the worst hospitals in the entire state. Time after time, bad experiences from myself and loved ones. Understaffed isn't even an excuse with the amount of staff wandering around looking like they have nothing to do and cracking jokes with other employees. I just had nose/sinus surgery and the drainage went down my throat and into my stomach causing me to vomit up blood all night. I was advised to go to the hospital due to the amount of blood i was throwing up. I was in a ton of pain, high fever, still throwing up blood, yet I was put on a bed with a tiny blanket in a high traffic hallway near an entrance and ignored for FOUR hours. The woman I checked in with told me I couldn't eat, drink or take any of my medications prescribed to me that my boyfriend brought to me despite the high levels of pain i told her i was in and the fluids lost. Thank God my clinic where I had the surgery had me leave that hell called a hopsital and go in to finally be taken care of. You basically have to be dying to get care within a timely fashion at the Salem hosptial, all other emergencies aren't considered emergencies there. If you ever have any issues, go to Stayton or Silverton hospital. Salem hospital is not the place to go when you need care!"

"The staff in the ER are very caring and efficient. My husband and I have both been in the Salem Hospital ER and have has nothing short of a positive response and outcomes from our visits. We live in a rural community with very limited staff and resources. We have always felt the caring, compassion, and skills of the doctors and support staff. People should recognize how Salem is very fortunate to have the facility and staff which are employed here."