Memorial Hospital At Gulfport Ratings

4500 13th Street
Gulfport, MS 39502
Phone: (228) 867-4000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Emergency Services: YES

Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Memorial Hospital At Gulfport save lives? 11% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Memorial Hospital At Gulfport	National Average
Heart Attack	14%	12.6%
Stroke	17.1%	13.9%
Heart Failure	13.1%	11.8%
Pneumonia	19.6%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Memorial Hospital At Gulfport

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming a large health risk facing the United States. There are an increasing number of drug resistant bacteria, including: drug resistant bacteria due primarily to unnecessary and mis-applied use among humans and livestock, patients with hospitalizations for relatively minor reasons can suddenly face lifethreatening illness.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year¹	11
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	6

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 55m

Patient Ratings

While customer satisfaction surveys don't necessarily reflect the quality of care provided at the hospital, it can identify some areas that are important standards to maintain, such as managing pain and maintaining a sanitary environment.

Overall Patient Rating: AVERAGE

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Nurses usually respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Doctors usually communicate well with patients
Patients usually receive help when they request it

Negative Patient Ratings

Facilities are sometimes dirty

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Memorial Hospital At Gulfport Stories

Jan 30, 2021, 2:34 PM
Memorial Hospital At Gulfport: "I had to go today at 5 AM. Check in was amazing fast from outside straight to the room. I regret I don’t remember the nurses name but she was very accommodating very nice. I went in Covid positive worried about oxygen levels. Oxygen was good when I was there. Dr. Scott was the attending physician very personable very thorough ordered a chest x-ray things look good I was home within an hour. " - Rose

Jan 30, 2021, 2:23 PM
Memorial Hospital At Gulfport: "I had to go today at 5 AM. Check in was amazing fast from outside straight to the room. I regret I don’t remember the nurses name but she was very accommodating very nice. I went in Covid positive worried about oxygen levels. Oxygen was good when I was there. Dr. Scott was the attending physician very personable very thorough ordered a chest x-ray things look good I was home within an hour. " - Rose

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