I arrived at 5:30 am for a 8:30 am procedure. I was in and out of surgery and in recovery by 10am. I did  6 hours flat on my back, which I was told was not required to be in recovery, that I could be moved to my room.  Meanwhile, my family sat in the waiting room all day,  being told I had a room and then told the room was given away. Then told it wouldn't be long all day… as they waited until the family waiting room was closed at 7pm and told they could wait somewhere else. Meanwhile I was in recovery all damn day, being told a room was being cleaned for 4+ hours.. I did not get a room until 10:30 pm.  So I spent 12 hours in recovery. I feel it is unacceptable to have waited over 12 hours for a room. I also feel it was unfair to my family who waited so long and were told they were not be able to see me. Even though other patients had visitors in the recovery room. The stress caused by this experience had me feeling nauseous and caused major acid reflux, where I had to be medicated. My pacemaker alerted my doctors office that I had a cardiac episode that evening because of stress caused by waiting all day. In the future I will have to think twice before having a procedure done at this hospital. 
CMC HPC SG