Temple Va Medical Center (Va Central Texas Healthcare System) Ratings

1901 Veterans Memorial Drive
Temple, TX 76504
Phone: (254) 778-4811

Hospital Type: Acute Care - Veterans Administration
Emergency Services: YES

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

Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Temple Va Medical Center (Va Central Texas Healthcare System) save lives? 15% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Temple Va Medical Center (Va Central Texas Healthcare System)	National Average
Heart Attack	12.7%	12.6%
Heart Failure	8.1%	11.8%
Pneumonia	16.4%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Temple Va Medical Center (Va Central Texas Healthcare System)

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	Not Available
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	Not Available

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 0h 0m

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: VERY GOOD

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Rooms and facilities are usually clean

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Patients often don't receive help when they request it

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Temple Va Medical Center (Va Central Texas Healthcare System) Stories

Feb 02, 2026, 6:11 PM
Temple Va Medical Center (Va Central Texas Healthcare System): "Dayside is toxic
If yours black leave, the white drs will lie or do the least amount to u the black drs and psychology All have crab pot mentality andjudge u and will smile and lie to u. And Pacient advocate is a bad joke, def a government failing progra...
Lured to get help ,now irony is i dont get help , im lied to constantly. Theyre trying send me send me to an early grave with their own foolishness. Fire everyone and have them go work elsewhere , the are one percent of nurses who remain professional. Ensure the only good thing there. Perhaps o wish there was more ofthem rating 0-10= -2" - Al

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