Canossa Hospital

[Rosewood]

We used the package, and I was charged 4.5 days for a 3 bed ward. My overall hospital bill was around 54K, including doctors fee (which I think was around 22-25K, cant remember exact cost), anesthesialogist fee (around $7500 - note, the hospital also charges a a separate fee for epidural ), paedatrician fee $700 per day, had 4 visits). Both the Anesthesialogist and Paedatrician were recommended by my doctor. Food, toiletries, sanitary pads were included, I guess thats because I chose the package. The bathrooms/toilets were of an ok size in the maternity ward, and there were always cleaning ladies around.

Husbands/patners are allowed in the labour room - one downside is that they only get a hard chair to sit on in the labour room, unlike in Adventis where I think they provde a more comfy chair, the ones with the high padded backrest. So if you're in for a long overnight labour, like I was, its a bit uncomfortable for the hubby.

We did take a tour of the maternity wards at Adventis as well, which did look nicer and more welcoming than Canossa, but in the end we opted for Canossa because it was closer.

 

[Louiseamanda]

Hello

I went to the Canossa but just as an outpatient. It seemed modern enough
and very clean. It is an old-fashioned type of hospital. I have worked in hospitals for years -the fabric of the building is not what ,atters (though space is nice!) but rather the management of your case and the equipment and most of all the consultants.
Someone commented about the room sizes and that in certain rooms your baby is not left with you, after birth but brought in for feeding?
This is archaic and I would not be happy with this, at all.
Bonding occure in the early stages. THe baby should be put to your breast after you deliver and should not be removed. You should be able to pop the baby in by your side whenever you want and breastfeeding should be actively encouraged (though it is, of course, the mother's determination to see this works, but a bit of encouragement helps!)
Good luck I hope you get the info you need
LA
:gl:

 

[Louiseamanda]

Ps I see that baby's are moved about in the Adventist, so I would go for the Canossa if they dont do that!!:rollbaby:

 

[Sophia_Chan]

Has anyone used the prenatal check up package at Canossa? I'm just wondering whether they assigned you one ob/gyn throughout or you saw a different doc each time. Thank you.

 

[archery6]

Hi Rosewood, thank you for all the information, this is very detailed. I am also thinking of choosing Canossa due to its proximity. I was wondering if you can provide more details as to the choices of doctors who will be able to deliver in Canossa. Did you get to choose and who did you choose?

 

[bekyboo44]

I'm not a big fan of Canossa....I've spent several nights in Canossa, Adventist, Matilda and Queen Mary and out of all those the Canossa was the worst. I think personally I'd rather be in the Queen Mary than the Canossa.

The Canossa is old....the rooms are dull and miserable. The bathrooms, and the rooms themselves desperately need renovation....

I've actually ended up in the Canossa twice (when other hospitals were full) and both times I found the nurses to be partic. unfriendly.

I would go anywhere but Canossa.

 

[asdasd]

agree with bekyboo44.

I complaint their ridiculous charge and ended up no reply from their customer services manager.

My little one went to the hospital when she was 5 days old, and they put her into a cot which was right next to a toddler who had fever. My pediatrician agreed to change cot for my baby which was a bit further from the fever child the next day, so we helped the nurse to do the move. During the move, the nurse told us they had to charge us for the move, I can't remember how much but I insisted not to pay. So the nurse passed our case to their CS dept and manager came down and asked me details but no reply at the end, of course the charge was listed on the bill.

If I have choice, I definitely won't go back there.