Dayton Veterans Administration Medical Clinic Review

Behind the VA Hospital is Lakeside Park (sometimes called the VA Grotto) and it is worth a visit. The roots of this park go all the way back to the 1860s and 70s just after the civil war. It fell into disrepair during the 1930s but is now being restored. It is quite pretty with a few very historic structures.

Always very professional and timely. If it's something that needs more attention, I am immediately called after an order is put in.
Care is genuine and that means alot. The whole team works together

The VA is open 24 hrs at ER, but weekends are closed and weekdays from 8 am - 5 pm except federal holidays.

Always had good to great medical service. The administration and some of the non medic staff need a swift kick every now and again. I appreciate all the help and care I've received here.

Ok my husband has chronic pain in his back ..the VA doctor sent him through a pain management class which the doctor there put him on percocets for 2 weeks that helped him some ..then the 2nd visit with the pain doctor took him off Percocets and put him on Vicodin for 2 weeks ..well this is all he is getting because he recieved a call from the pain doctor and said that he is going to wean him off and he will get NOTHING ELSE after that he has xrays and MRIs to show that he is not playing with the pain...ooo and he was on the pain patches before and they did nothing to help after 2 days of wearing it...anybody have any suggestions hubby needs help

It s so nice to be cared for by people who care. Blessed.

There is quite a bit of administrative incompetence going on but once you are able to overcome that leave Medical Care here is beyond reproach. The staff that work the medical profession here are caring compassionate and genuinely loving people who really care about veterans for sure. But it's really sad let every time I I drive the 9.7 miles from my home to the hospital I pass at least 5 homeless veterans holding signs on the street corners begging for food and shelter. And it really makes me mad when I get to the entrance to the VA and there are sometimes three or for veterans with signs right outside the gate begging for change that are homeless and hungry. And then you can look right inside from where they're standing and see multi-story housing buildings boarded up with no one staying in them. It will be interesting to see if the bill that President Trump just signed addressing the suicide rates of veterans actually puts any of these veterans into this boarded-up eyesore on campus at the Veterans Administration Hospital.

Possibly the worst mental heath clinic in the world. DONT DO IT!!!!!!

Steadily improving the way they treat and deal with veterans and our health care needs. Plus this is an enormous and historic campus... definitely a nostalgia point

I absolutely love this place. The staff here are always absurdly kind and genial. I primarily use the Women's Clinic but have ventured into Primary Care a time or two, and every experience and appointment I've had here at the Dayton VA has exceeded my expectations!

I receive excellent care. All of my providers are talk with each other. My care is truly a team effort.

Building Bridges/PSR is a program that I participate in as a patient. It helped me get back on track and I've sored and my life is FANTASTIC thanks to the Staff.

I also volunteer on Campus. I highly recommend checking out what's available through Volunteer Services.

This clinic has a great pain mgmt department (as of Feb 2018). It's refreshing to have such a caring department.

Impossible to get appointments within a couple weeks but good staff!

Jimmy C
Veterans are treated good and quickly without long waiting for appts.I've been to many VA facilities and Dayton does it best.

Terrible staff. Never answers phone or really care for the veterans. My father called them 7 times in 4 hours to refill a prescription they hadn't sent out, and has gone 5 days without it and they still never manage to respond

The Dayton V.A. along with their Richmond, Indiana CBOC has been an excellent source of preventative care, treatment, and heeling for my husband. I greatly appreciate his CBOC primary care physician, Dr. Olson and his team. Dr. Olson has literally saved his life. The Dayton V.A. has pulled him through many life threatening illnesses, comas, etc...,. Their Tele health team are a an intelligent, excellent, and caring staff that have worked with him re. Diabetes, heart rate, and to assist him in stop smoking. We regularly recommend this V.A. to anyone in the V.A. system. Douglas and Michelle.

3 out of 5 because of the people that run the place. Most of the workers are friendly and you usually wait longer than an appointment takes. For the most part the facilities are nice and it's not a hard place to navigate. Getting harder to get an appointment made for just about anything and even though it's local for me, I'd rather just travel to the Columbus VAMC

Dayton VAMC is the best!! I've had multiple surgeries here, as well as top-notch Prime Care for the last decade. Highly recommend!

I had a cyst removed from the back of my neck on Wednesday January 30th and for some reason the left a hole in the back of my neck the idiot surgeon put a layer of dermabond on it which came off and i had to make a second trip to Dayton from Troy Oh about 25 miles to have the ER fix it again. I still have the hole and am worried about infection and will it close but i guess i'll just wait and see here is a photo

Hi, I've been healthy my whole life well because I eat healthy and eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, fiber & live a healthy lifestyle. With that being said...
Just a week ago I had my first ever surgery for a hernia in my groin area from sports & maybe because i'm over 40 now Ha Ha.
From the appointment setters to the many nurses to the Dr. that was my surgeon for my hernia surgery The Dayton VA has treated me with the up much respect and fixed the problem with a caring attitude!! I am very happy how I was treated before, during and after my hernia surgery!!
Please keep doing what you do Dayton VA and helping veterans the best you can and treat EVERYONE with respect and just a smile every now and again can brighten someones day!!

I've never had the nightmare problems that I've heard about at other VA facilities.

This place saved my life and restored my family. It has the best PTSD team on the planet, I read some of the complaints, all hospitals have minor issues, but this hospital, changed my life for the better. They are the most understanding and caring PTSD team there is.

Scott B.
US Veteran

Don't waste your time if you have a problem that cannot be immediately physically examined. I had high hopes when I went for my first visit because I spoke with a nurse-practitioner who had worked in premier health for years. She was attentive and actually wanted to know if I had any problems. I set up an appointment with a doctor and had labs done ahead of time. I went in to see the doctor today. I have had issues since I was still active-duty last February. I told the nurse-practitioner about them and she seemed very helpful. When I spoke with the doctor today, he was not. He did not see anything physically wrong with me and so assumed there wasn't and had already made up his mind before I said anything. He opened a "problems" tab on his computer under my name and there was nothing listed so he said, "no problems, good!" as if that was cased closed. The thing is, no one at the VA had ever asked me if I had any problems and unless the VA has computers that can supposedly read minds, I don't see how that computer knew if I had any problems. I don't recall ever talking to that computer about my problems. Anyway, I did get around to telling him some of my symptoms which he quickly brushed off without suggesting anything helpful. He even asked if I had drank water and was hydrated. I have seen four doctors in the past year about these issues. Do you really think that hydration is the issue? Really? Is that where we're at? Trying to explain anything to him was like talking to a brick wall so I decided to stop trying. At the end, he cheerfully told me I was perfectly healthy and ushered me out. He has no idea.

It's small enough that you get quality care and also large enough to offer a wide range of services. Great people too

Called to make an appointment, told me appointment date and time, showed up and the appointment was never made. Better off going to one of the CBOC s

The Dayton VA is one of the best facilities I have been a patient in. They are committed to the Veterans under their. I cannot imagine a finer organization in their field.

Hadn't had a bad experience at the Dayton location over the years till I get some doctor with an attitude as if he's operating on the caste system, but in some Egyptian university. They do an MRI. The nurse mentions a hernia... ..and hey, maybe that's part of my discomfort,... but it's not in the paperwork I got. God bless the Empire I guess.

Still helping me after all these years. A lot of the same faces still greet me. It's probably a good place to work. I have many more praises than complaints.

I completed the dual diagnosis program in 2011. I hope they have improved since then. The social worker that was assigned to me shouldn't even be allowed to be around veterans. I wanted help but all I received were criticisms. When I tried to tell her about my experience during the Invasion of Iraq 2003 she told me that she wasn't going to do anything to help me get disability. I had overdosed and been suicidal in the months before I entered the program. Getting on disability wasnt a thought in my mind, I was trying to save my life. I got diagnosed with PTSD in 2013 and later completed a 6 month program in Massachusetts. I've been clean now for over 3 years. I hope her and her "crew" are no longer in charge. Programs like that cause setbacks not progress.

The residents who are working in the Mental Health Department are horrible! The VA has a bad rep as it is but for the experience my family member has this week with a resident who has never met my family member, horrible! Should be fired!

I have been dealing with Dayton VA since 2011. The problem I run into the most, when dealing with NON VETERAN admin. staff is incompetence!! If you don't like the admin's answer, simply talk to a different admin. person and you will get a different "INTERPRETATION" of the "rules" and guidelines to the same problem!! To include admin supervisors and the mental health department as a whole.
The admin. staff is more worried about the Dayton VA hospital and individual performance rating than their "MISSION STATEMENT" (they know more about what they can't do than what they can do to help the veteran). I have been told by the admin. staff, "we don't take mental health walk-ins", "you choice the community care I am just trying to help you out", and the racial divide is VERY apparent!!!
IF you want profishency from the Dayton VA, you have to learn their jobs!!!

One of, if not the best V.A. in the system. People are great. Much more professional than civilian hospitals. Clean and orderly.

This is a great hospital. Great people who want to help you.

Nice for the most part some rude receptionist in a few departments

The doctors here, especially Dr. Robert Corgan, do not care about seeing or caring for their patients. They cancel appointments at the last minute without telling the patient - only sending emails. They are refusing to see a patient, my husband, who has been in severe pain for 7 months. Stated they found abnormal test results from a CT scan but never notified him. Their lack of care is extremely concerning and I am disturbed that my husband has been treated this way and am even more concerned with how they are treating older veterans with more severe issues. I would not trust anyone in their "care".

I have had great care from the Dayton VA. I could not ask for more. I do have just one very big problem. The complete inability of the people who man the reception areas and other phones. They just do not care to pick up a phone when it is ringing. I tried for a week to get someone to answer the phone in surgical services. The phone rings and never goes to an answering machine to leave a message. I have let it ring up to 50 times or more. This is not acceptable from anyone let alone the care team at the VA. Therefore only 4 stars.

Kinda odd giving a Google ratting to my hospital but why not? I think it's outstanding!

I never in my life have felt so helpless. I go to the womans clinic because unfortunately that is were they send all woman vets. If i could rate this with 0 i would but there is no option for that. I have four bulging discs in my neck and it is causing nerve pain all the way down my right arm she gave me ibprofen and was like ill see you in 3 months and we will have you do PT, here is the kicker she didnt even review my CAT scans and then expected me to go get the disc for her. She literally made me feel as if she did not care about the pain I am in. Dr. Miranda is the doctors name she has no people skills and would rather look at her cell then help a Vet. I will no longer go to the Dayton VA I would rather drive an hour away.

Dayton VA is the best the VA has to offer. I've been coming here since 1983. I've never had a bad experience.

The people giving 4-5 stars must have never been to another VA. I have been to quite a few around the country and the Dayton VA has been by far the worst. It gets one star because the outpatient buildings and staff are average, and the campus is beautiful. That s where it ends. Located in the absolute ghetto of Dayton, it seems as if the staff is pulled straight off the street. They are rude, inefficient, condescending and seem to only follow their own agenda and could care less about vets. I have never had a VA where it is so, so hard just to get ANYTHING accomplished. Their admin sections, such as billing, benefits etc is the most inefficient group of people in or out of the VA I ve ever dealt with. Do yourself a favor and drive the extra distance to Cincinnati or Columbus. You ll thank me.

My father had surgery here. When he started having problems they wouldn't let him come back to be checked, which resulted in him having several strokes. Now he is in a nursing home for the rest of his life.

We have always received very good care! They treat us with concern and meet every need we may have! The doctor's and staff are the best! Thank you to everyone at the V.A. in Dayton. God bless you all!

People very caring here when I stayed. Food for patients could be better if they had a choice or two what to order. Also, food is heated and placed to long on hold. No phones in room. Doctors, Nurses, NA's on top of their game. Excellent teamwork! ER was a little long on waiting, unless you come by ambulance. Buildings and grounds are secure and I felt very safe. A basic map would be nice to have to get around. All in all I would recommend it.

Caring politely staffed, clean and well kept,
Historical places one of the first in the Nation going back to civil war.

I was at a renal appointment they're friendly and do their work with pride. They treat vets like people not a complication.

I get really good care at the VA in Dayton my only complain is the travel pay this new system needs a lot of improvement. I had to miss group 7/28 because of gas money what use to take 2or3 days now takes 2or3 weeks that makes it hard on me when I depend on that to help me.

All of the Dr and Nurses and staff are so friendly.

I wish there was a 2.5 rating, but then a C- is pretty much where V A Dayton falls between the lines.

Not everything goes prefect was a little worried aboutgiving 5star however this was one of the better days

Surgery and ICU nurses were great Dr Reddy and his team were the greatest

Go here for my epilepsy and diabetes. Always helpful and friendly. Very respectful toward veterans.

As the wife of a vet I can attest to the fact that this VA facility gave my husband excellent care.

Difficult to impossible getting what you need there! Just sadly disappointed.

Love the Dayton VA! I am alive because of their quick action when I arrived with a heart attack the middle of December 2014! Dr. Agarwal and his crew rushed to the ER to check me out and immediately raced me to the OR for a stent in a 99% blocked artery near my heart. Love my Primary Care physician who really cares about my health as well as others under her care. I will say that if you have to stay over for a bit, their food is absolutely horrible. The canteen cafeteria is enh, ok at best and some of the cafeteria employees act as though you are putting them out by being there, especially the black employees if you're white which I am. No, I'm not racist. I'm honest.

Excellent care and compassion for my dad. He has been a patient for many years, and have received top of the line care.

They do some good things but there is a lot of vets that get sicker while they are there it is not a clean place and the staff are not caring or very nice

Had major ENT surgery here. Couldn't have asked for a better experience

I've been going to this facility for 30+ years. I've had surgeries and other medical attention and have had pleasant interactions with staff and other patients. They have always given me the best care.

The healthcare is excellent. Veterans and visitors alike are treated with skill and respect. Appointments are quick and they will work to try and get multiple appointments scheduled for the same day. I would bet my life on the Dayton VA Medical Center - as a matter of fact, they are busy successfully saving my life from cancer right now.

They are doing a better job every day on helping Veterans it seems like to me .
Maybe a few bumps in the road but better I think .

We have never have anything less than excellent care at this VA facility. The people there are so friendly and so helpful. They go out of their way to walk you to the place that you're going, not just give you directions to get there. Even when it's not their job they go over and above board to help.

My step father came to the emergency room with chest pains on Saturday 9-19-20 and he sat in emergency room over an hour with nothing but temperature taken. What a terrible way to treat a veteran. Disgusting care.

If you have cancer, I implore you get a second opinion on treatment. They fried my biggest hero.

Have used the VA since 1980 and have always been treated excellantly. My son is a resident of the nursing home for over 2 years and has had better care there than at 3 other nursing homes he had been at.

Great support and kind service received on 1st visit from the primary care clinic.

Is anyone e allowed to call and ask to Leave a message for a veteran I haven't heard from my froe d all week idk what's going on and I'm concerned

Nice facility, feel the employees are very"disconnected" from the Veterans.

These people show you respect for serving in the military. From the time you walk in the door until you leave..

I learned today that my medications would be cut because I use legal Medical Marijuana. Do not get a Medical Marijuana card in Ohio because they report each purchase to your VA Doctors.