Kaweah Delta Health Care District Review

My son was Life flyed to Kaweah Delta yesterday. After being in a horrible car accident. I want to Thank the Trama unit for there Outstanding care of him. Especially Nurse Ashleigh!! She went above and beyond!! She was so very good to my daughter in-law and myself. And unfortunately I didn't get the name of the other nurse that took us to the conference room ti wait ti hear from the Drs. She and Ashleigh are assets to your facility!! I'm so very grateful to them both. My son was Life flyed to Fresno Community trama unit. We Praise God for all Kaweah Delta did. Thank you from myself and my family!!

Is the best place to be seen in you are I'll they really do take Care of you

I ve gone to this hospital twice since I ve moved to the county. The wait time is horrible. Not to mention the help they give you. Never again

IF I COULD HAVE GIVEN THIS PLACE ZERO STARS I WOULD HAVE! THIS PLACE HAS TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DON'T SEEM TO EVEN KNOW HOW TO RUN A HOSPITAL. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW CAME IN BY AMBULANCE SCREAMING IN PAIN THEY SENT MY MOTHER-IN-LAW TO THE BACK AND TOOK VITALS THEN SENT HER BACK OUT TO THE WAITING AREA NEVER AGAIN WILL WE COME TO THIS HOSPITAL WE WOULD RATHER DRIVE TO SAINT AGNES IN FRESNO!

Delta is short staffed; dirty; & has (for the most part), lost their passion for helping the sick. It is a cha-ching business & medical PRACTICE! I would say 2 out of 10 staff members show sincere compassion & will give you an honest answer. I was in ER for 9 hours & was always told "20 more minutes" (to appease me). If the wait is going to take 3 hours for test results..then just 'be real' & tell me that. The gal in the LAB department was one of the few that kept her word & wasn't goofing off. The flu is majorly going around & I was shocked that they weren't quarantined from the rest of the people. Instead, there were people in the halls...on the floors etc.... throwing up, crying....& sleeping for hours!!! curled up in a ball. We need Tulare Hospital to come back or to have another hospital built in the San Juaquin Valley!

My 84 year old mother had a valve replacement by dr kuptja. Very good doctor. His nurse mrs. Manly was excellent as well. Great place to go if u have any heart problems.

I highly DO NOT recommend this hospital to anyone. The nurses, specifically in the third south wing of the hospital, are extremely rude. I called to ask when & if my father was allowed to eat yet and she literally laughed at me. If this is how you treat people who are just concerned about their family member then you are 100% in the wrong field of work. If in the future my father has a choice as to what hospital he is taken to I will make sure he never returns to this terrible place.

I came here because I been have loss of appetite for two weeks, lost a lot of weight, and bad runs...went here and they took me in did vitals and go in talk to the doctor and he look at my records from months and years ago and said Im not anemia and make a rude comment saying for me to go home and follow up with my doctor or if I wanna hang around then I can??... So rude..who the hell would want to wait hours in the ER?. Didn't even care to check me or anything..but smart talk think he the big thing and sent me home...I don't ever wanna be in this ER but have no choice...

K MW it was a test, you dont know who you are. People attack what they dont understand. Hang in there! Theres something positive in every experience! Peace love and light!

They were great in the ER exept the long wait. But their hospitality made up for the the Rn's got me back in action.

My father died of CJD, however I would never have known this if it was left up to Kaweah Delta Hospital and doctors involved in my father's care. He was transferred to a hospital in Monterey where they were able to do a lumbar puncture and send it to a facility in Cleveland Ohio where they do research on CJD. The thing is that my dad had a lumbar puncture done at Kaweah, but when the doctor at Monterey called the neurologist at Kaweah to find out if the results were back in, they told him that the sample was never sent to the facility in Cleveland, which is the only place in the United States that is designated for lab testing possible CJD samples. So Monterey Hospital took another lumbar puncture sample and sent it to Cleveland, which took a couple weeks to get results. By then my father was no longer awake and conscious and was on hospice. Had Kaweah Delta health care professionals actually been professional and done their job, we would have had the diagnosis weeks earlier when he was still aware and able to communicate with us. I would have liked to say some things to him before he passed. I would not go to this hospital for a paper cut. Go to Fresno

Compared to Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital plus Fresno Community Hospital, KDDH is sadly lacking. Unfortunately it has just about run out every other hospital.
Yes I survived my stay, room was not clean. The "housekeeping" that came in did bare minimum. I watched same piece of trash stayed in the same place all week. I could see it. She emptied the trash, took the mop wiped floor in one spot and left.
I did have a couple of great nurses. For that I am grateful. They are the only reason I give it an okay.
If I was able to get out of bed and clean up the room myself I would have!!

My husband has been to the ER twice for abdominal issues in the last 9 months. The second time he was in the hospital ICU for more than 30 days. He was very sick. I want to give the ICU staff, social workers, nurses, surgeons Dr. Kalauni and Dr. Kirkpatrick and so many others 5 stars. I was there every day and they have long hours and a lot to do but I felt comfortable and encouraged to be present and ask questions. Unfortunately, this is the only hospital for a lot of people and the ER is going through major renovation, difficult for all. I feel that some of the recovery areas outside of ICU need better patient to nurse ratio. I hope the hospital continues to look for improvement and good staff as we need a good hospital in Visalia. I have read other reviews and the issues are real but my husband is alive today because of the caring employees we had experience with.

I was born there as were most of my siblings. I watched them build the "new" hospital which is now obsolete and in desperate need of renovation. I also watched over the years as the administration (politics) proceeded to interfere with care, nursing care quality plummeted, infection rates soared, (Both due to post-op as well as poor quality nursing intervention in the rooms) and overall quality of care decreased to the point where most locals refer to it as "A great place to die!" It is truly SAD!

While there are some amazing doctors (Primarily "locals" who returned to Visalia after medical school), overall it is nearly impossible for Kaweah Delta/Visalia to attract quality doctors because it has little to offer them over other cities/hospitals. (I would rather work at St. Agnes or Delano!) Sadly, the history of extreme racial prejudice at Kaweah Delta Hospital continues to cause issues for Hispanic doctors. (Until recently, Hispanic doctors who performed well were literally "Run out of town"! (When I was a young boy, it was "understood" that Hispanic patients could NOT go to Kaweah but would only be treated at Community!!! Same was true to privileges for Hispanic doctors...Only at Community! (I know many Hispanic doctors who left because of exactly this issue! They could NOT believe the level of hatred and intolerance towards Hispanics both at the hospital and the city who owned it!! Sadly, while there is the "appearance" of change, the prejudice and disturbing intolerance continues "under the table" at BOTH the hospital and the city. (The county facilities are nut much better if at all. I experienced unbelievable prejudice in terms of jobs at the county! Even though I was extremely OVER qualified for a summer position, I was told that it was "impossible" for me to work at the county because I was Hispanic!)

I do NOT want to turn this into a racially motivated discussion nor am I bitter about my experiences growing up in Visalia for I LOVED growing up there. However, the hospital is simply a MESS! My mother died there under "questionable" circumstances. (My brother, a doctor, noted that the poor quality of nursing care obviously contributed to her untimely death!) I sincerely hope that at some point Visalia can change their attitude towards the administration of the hospitals(I get constant complaints from the doctors about the situation at KDH.) and work with the doctors and nurses to improve the quality of care in Visalia! Primary issues: Facility obsolete and poorly maintained, poor quality administrators (Politics/morals, Training and Ability problems), poor quality nursing care (along with the great quality nurses, many are poorly trained and supervised, have questionable ability for some/many, the hospital has insufficient education/job placement requirements and finally there are tremendous moral and census determination issues), incompetent doctors (While some are great, many are substandard...and the names are KNOWN but since money drives everything and even incompetent doctors can make a lot of money for the hospital (Connected to poor quality administrators) the "deadly" doctors continue to provide POOR quality care!

I really really hate this place took my daughter in for her leg hurting she was not able to walk on her leg AND NURSE AND DR LOOK AT IT AND SAY OK WELL LEG WILL BE OK WITH CRUCHES AND SQUARED AWAY THEY SENT US OFF MY DAUGHTER HAD TORN A MUSCLE SECOND DR SAYS HOW DARE THEM WORK AS DR IM NOT GOING TO SSSSHHH ABOUT IT AS WELL SO YES IM ON IT AND REALLY YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO CLEAN UR FACILITY ITS FALLING CALLING FOR HELP

Get ready to wait 6-12 hours just to get a bed. Worst hospital I've ever been to.

Worst experience of my family's life! My sister went in because she was pregnant and had blood in her urine. They admitted her and decided to induce labor the following day. My sisters water broke that morning and the staff decided to give her Pitocin to speed up the process. the staff gave my sister 45ml of Pitocin in 30 mins instead of spacing it out like they are suppose to. this caused the baby's heart rate to drop dramaticly and dangerously low causing my sister to deliver via c section. my sister also left the hospital with a upper respiratory infection which was not treated. 9 days later the baby was readmitted back with a severe case of rsv. 2 and a half days into the hospital stay, we were told that there was nothing else they could do for the baby. Thank God for Community Regional Hospital in Fresno! they took in the baby and my sister and got them both better. Kaweah seems to be run by nurses not doctors and a majority of the staff was rude and rough with not only my sister but her new baby. things need to change at this hospital or complaints like this and others will cause this hospital to close.

The ER and the rest of the hospital don't really communicate. So if a test is run in the ER, no one else knows. Go here to die.

This hospital is amazing!!! No one ever wants to go to a hospital But if you have to...then Kawhea Delta is the spot.

The staff really pride in their facilities and it shows in the atmosphere. You can see that the employees from janitors to doctors and hospital administration live their jobs because their attitudes show it. The food is great and the bathrooms are clean too.

worst help line and they constantly fail to update appointment and never keep their patients updated on when they change dates and times

I just called right now for Information on a Dr that I had a surgery with & needed to contact for questions on my recovery front desk answer name Silvia & said your calling the hospital mam I I don't know call her office or Google her information why in the world would you guys have someone in the line to be so unhelpful.. she should totally get fired . Bad reputation for this hospital

Worst hospital ever aside from the ridiculous amount of time it takes to see nurse after nurse hours in waiting room then hours in hospital room to get moved number of times to end up in a hallway where u c the Dr for 2 seconds. They don't care about the people who come in for medical help but rather seem like they have better things to do When I was 20 my dad was killed in an accident the hospital let me in by mistake as they were working on him the Dr didn't take proper procedures to have me leave the room but instead pulled the plug on my dad in front of me which led to a very traumatic experience for me at that age in that situation. Another situation I have a heart condition one of my chamber doesn't work properly making me a high risk for stroke. I was 25 when I had my first stroke. Drs wanted to keep me overnight and where in middle of admitting me to a room when the Dr came in and told me he was instead sending me home due to my lab coming back with positive for opiods. I told him it was because I had had a sprained foot and my mother had given me a viccodine for the pain since I had a very small child and couldn't afford to b off my feet as a single parent. I was then told and yes these where his words he used that whatever the reason didn't matter they were going to rule it out as being cause by that and send me home since I didn't care to take care of myself they weren't going to care either and weren't going to "waist" their medical resources on me to help and sent me home. And I said so if I died they weren't going to care and he replied saying pretty much

Deplorable! Disgusting lack of knowledge! Triage Dr is a Joke! Actually told me (a 45 y/o, overweight, smoking, family history of heart disease woman) that I am LOW RISK for heart disease!

Any time I have had to come to this ER I have been so disgusted by their lack of everything! But, planned surgeries here? Great!

They need to review their ER and make it better suited for their community!

I had my second baby here and i recommend any one thats having a baby that this is the hospital for you and your baby, i was scare at first because i had a bad experience at another hospital when i had my first child and the nurses were rude but at here Kaweah Delta Hospital everything went good and the staff and nurse were really Great they treated me and my baby super good i felt like home if i would have another baby in the future i definitely have it here, i could only say great things about this hospital, thanks everyone for all your support and care its appreciate.

Absolutely the worst hospital I ve been to. You will get better service if you go to a third world country. Unorganized. Nurses are rude and wait is long due staff to losing paperwork/being unorganized. Seems like break time and being on their phone takes priority over patient needs and health. I would honestly give this place a negative rating if I could.

loved this hospital. they took me very seriously. they were polite and caring. they were there for anything i needed. made it a priority to get my
pain level down and figure out a treatment plan. they re very empathic, friendly to everyone, and respectful.

The staff is mostly amazing. I completely prefer the resident doctors to the regular ones though. The nurses and CNAs especially in ICU are incredibly kind and patient. When I came here for a true emergency, I was seen crazy fast and was well taken care of. When I came in on a somewhat less emergent reason, the wait was ridiculously long and I felt blown off by the staff (again, mainly doctors). And my friends/family that visited me say parking is an absolute pain, so keep that in mind.

my food had a hair in it! And the waitress tried to stab me!!

I delivered my son there & the Nurses were the BEST.

I have to rate my last experience 11/29/18 at the ER with PA Jesse Manchaca and the staff on duty. I was rushed in, treated very well, and a thorough description of the issues, and treated as an emergency to get to the bottom of the problems. I had barely any wait time, for each portion, check in Labs, Vitals, MRI, and thorough debrief. Truly amazing work, and compared to last visit, (granted they were much busier but still a packed house). Thank you all very much, especially Jesse Manchaca PA, but that goes to everyone else involved.

Horrible place!!!! Ended up at CRMC ER WHERE my daughter received the proper care that she needed.

I would like to start of by saying, thank you!
I delivered my baby this week at Kaweah and I was a little nervous at first about having to stay 2 nights because of all the bad reviews I read, but it was actually an amazing experience and was sad to leave. The mother & baby staff was incredible, both day and night shifts. Everyone was extremely helpful and I truly felt like they cared about my baby and me. Thank you for everything Kaweah Staff!

The worst experience of my entire life this one takes the cake Kaweah Delta Hospital kills people everyday that place should be called killer Hospital because my husband went in with a preference ated GI and they made him wait in the waiting room for 2 hours finally I could not watch him suffer any longer so I went to the front desk and I told the lady is this because he has no insurance she assured me that that was not the case that they treat people depending on the seriousness of their illness finally after getting past security which might as well have done a complete cavity search only to take my Bic lighter hostage we were able to see another nurse and what felt like an interrogation which took about 17 minutes to complete a nurse comes to take his vitals she appeared to be inexperienced and familiar to the eyes as someone I seen hanging around a known drug house furthermore she took his vitals and she was in shock maybe her machine was broken so she goes to get another then she moves us to another room to take his vitals from that machine three machines later she realizes my husband is dying so she runs for help immediately about 68 doctors and surgeons surrounded my husband they rushed him to a CT scan told me that he had air in his stomach and that they needed to perform surgery right away after surgery Young and experienced but horribly experience doctors and surgeons induced my husband into a coma put a colostomy ileostomy bag on him where he would stay in ICU for 52 more days had they responded sooner and we arrived by ambulance by the way have they responded sooner he probably wouldn't have needed to be coma induced to add insult to injury when they open him up as they were cleaning him out they discovered a tumor sitting on his rectum in which they determined to be non malignant so they left it in there to deal with at a later time he also developed a fistula in his bladder they told the entire family that he did not have cancer and that the colostomy ileostomy would be removed in three months almost three years later he has stage 4 colorectal cancer that has metastasized to his abdomen in which the tumor has grown to the size of a head of lettuce and has completely taken over his bladder and he urinates from a nephrostomy we go back to killer Delta because he has an obstruction in the small intestine and the surgeon tells me that there was nothing that they could do and then I should really start to think about letting him go we as we continue to fight for his life I'd like to bring awareness to all of the community and warn you to stay away from these people they're inexperienced drug users and only help people to experiment for further education and and it seems like they're always and I mean always teaching a student how to deal with a patient this is not a university for Christ's sake people's lives are in danger in this Hospital further investigations need to take place Community take heed and do not trust this Hospital

I had shoulder surgery here and it was a great experience. The staff took good care of me and were very sweet. Need to give a special shout out to Flo, it worked, you are awesome!!!

This hospital is big, they remodeled Some parts but they need to work on the doctors. Not to professional when treating certain patients. The nurses are great but the ER Drs don't take the time to really properly diagnose you. The only way to get there attention is if your throwing yourself on the floor with pain, or gushing blood out of your head, otherwise they look at you and turn the other way,will come back after 3-4 hrs to tell you to buy OTC tylenol.people wouldn't go to the ER if you could fix the problem at home, who wants to wait hours for nothing. Better Care of patients is much needed, or switch,Your Drs to those who Care about the patients not only the paycheck.

Worst ER ever! Mean nurses and cockroaches on the ground. Drive to Fresno if you are not dying!

To the response below. I have called.

Wanna sit and not get help? This is the hospital just for you. The staff don't care about the patients. You're just a number here. My 6 year old could possibly have appendicitis and we've been in the waiting room for 3 hours for an ultrasound and we're STILL waiting. Honestly if I could give 0 stars to leave a rating, I would. Deplorable hospital and hospitality.

My mom is a patient her she is dying from cancer I came from Tennessee to be with her before she does pass on the night shift charge nurse was so rude disrespectfull and unprofessional I will never bring another family member to this place I have never been talked to or treated like that in my life she needs to be fired for her actions she was a disgrace to her profession would give zero stars if I could

Very slow for emergency
Two hours to be checked by the doctor

waiting months to receive my bill. when i call billing, they claim to not have my address. 4 times requested the bill. also supervisors don't return calls

I am a LVN, done medical all my life, and the ER needs major improvement, I would give it a negative if I could! JACHO needs a call or two.
My mom was in the ER recently for a blocked LL femoral artery with purple toes and pain. I arrived at 1530 and had to wait an hour to see her because she was in the ER but in a waiting area within the ER. I get it they are busy and full.
The vascular surgeon came within one hour (1630) of her CT and explained what was going to happen, "We'll get you fed, pain meds, and walking, angio in am, etc." We continued to sit there well after shift change. Finally, noting one hour after shift change no one had checked on my mom, no vitals, no questions, NOTHING. At this point, 1730, she is in a ton of pain. She asked the ER tech for her RN. The ER tech was great. He got her back to a geri chair outside of a room, took VS and finally the male nurse came about 2000 and offered pain meds. Well, I noticed when I arrived earlier with my mom her IV had infiltrated while she was in her CT scan. I told the nurse she needs a new IV, that the pain med was not going to go anywhere do to the bump in her forearm from the infiltrated IV. He locked shocked that I knew, hello: I am clearly dressed in scrubs, coming straight from work. It took him a ton, like 5, times to only keep missing her veins. Another nurse came and he was great, got it on one try. So now it's 2130 and she finally get that pain med that she was promised hours ago. She never even got asked if she wanted to eat dinner as she was not NPO yet and they knew well before dinner she was being admitted. A friend brought us food. She went to the tele floor just after 2300 and what a diff. The nurses up there are great on the 4th floor.
This was our first EVER experience here in this ER and I have worked for a hospital for 11 yrs previously and this ER clearly needs help! More or better, more organized, compassionate nurses. My mom was never in a ER room or on any monitors. It shouldn't take hours for a Pt to receive pain meds. This nurse acted like he was super lazy and didn't want to be at work. I had to get the ER tech for a little old lady who was also his Pt after her family had left and she began yelling for help. I get it, we have lives outside of work too, but when you are at work, work or don't be there, esp. when being in the medical field. It's not like she was in there for a cold. She had a 90% blockage and had stints placed the next day and absolutely received poor care in the ER. Kaweah's ER should be ashamed. Not once did the nurse check her pedal pulse. And want to talk about HIPPA violations. How can a doctor and his team come and talk to my mom and I in a waiting area within the ER with other ppl sitting there sick too and give out her diagnosis and procedures + vise versa! I heard one doctor tell a Pt he had the flu, we were just sitting right next to him. Just absurd and shocked! Very sad and frightening. My mom is going to have her toes amputated now.

Treating my Uncle great here. He's been here for a few weeks now. The doctor's and nurses a very caring and dutiful. They understand "bedside manner". He ended up with a stint in his heart as opposed to open-heart surgery. The doctors were very clear in offering options with pros and cons to my Uncle- very informative and understanding. My Uncle has had great care here following his heart attack and stroke! Thank you K-D.

Me and my sister went to see my mom in emergency room we were checking in to get a visitors pass and the security guard tara k was so rude to us...I still try and brushed it off with a smile but she continued to be rude.

We brought our 4 year old daughter here because she was dehydrated and in pain from a tonsilectomy, it took 5 hours to be taken back after they did her vitals and sent us back out to the waiting room. They put her on fluid IV for her dehydration and we were told they were going to get her pain medication, 3 hours later we ask the nurse what's taking so long and she said they're just waiting to get a hold of the attending doctor, so the man we thought was a doctor was a resident doctor, had we been told verbally or in writing that it was going to be a resident doctor we would've refused or drove an extra hour to another hospital. I used to think Kaweah Delta was the best but the past few times I've come here it's been terrible

If you have a serious injury go to fresno or somewhere else if you don't want to wait 2 to 4 hours to get seen

Went to get stitches for a cut waited 8 hours for a 20 min process, Nurse said just ask for meds when it hurt and when i did they just told me "you'll be right in" 3 times , gf went for bloodwork its been 6 hours waiting on bad chairs... the only good thing was a nice nurse

I've seen Dr. Byron Mendenhall save lives. He is the definitely the best anesthesiologist for heart surgery!

Once again Kaweah ER doesn't handle things in a timely nor proactive manner. Husband came in @ 12:30 a.m. and now at almost 4 a.m. still no true help. They ran tests HOURS ago and instead of giving results they left s waiting for hours...still waiting. We have a severely disabled daughter that is my full time job. So needing to be up all night unnecessarily is not a good thing. Either there s something on the tests and we need to deal with it OR he s going to be sent home like our last trip and really no help. You wait HOURS for 2 minutes of their time. So disappointing!

Follow up: after almost 4 hours we got exactly 2 minutes with a PA. Honestly we need another facility!!!

Worst hospital ever customer service or ppl there are always on their phone .... I went in today march 11 2017 at 12 o'clock didn't get in until 1 hr to just get my info another hour they took me in to see wat was going on 30 min after that they took blood it was 4 o'clock by than I asked how many ppl in front of until I get a room they said 1 person it is 11 at night today and I'm still waiting on 1 person ahead of me 11 hours wait g and nothing I'm leaving rather go to a clinic they actually attend u and giv u mess or something .... I went in for a infection I got on a surgery they did and now they are not responsible all bs .....

20 days and counting awaiting covid test results......

So you go here because you cut off the tip of your finger and in plenty of pain, the girl up front says it's a 2 1/2 hour wait. you unwrap your finger and show it to her and ask if it needs stitches and her reply how do I know I'm not a doctor? This is typical of anything connected with Kaweah. Useless service and useless place. It's sad when you have what you consider an urgent situation after hours you only have 2 places to go. so you go down the street to Walgreens for something to stop the bleeding and pain. To hell with Kaweah!

Kaweah delta where to begin the will lie to you say you have a disease. Give you medications and treatments. For it very pricey and then I moved to Poland and went for my treatments. Here and the doctors said here I don't have any of the diseases. That. Kaweah delta said I had hey kaweah delta staff you guys are money hungry lieing scumbags there's an afterlife when you all die you all be in hell every one last you lieing scumbags

The service is always awful! Super long waits, very rude staff!! If I could score this lower I would.

An excellent hospital only if they take a little time to take care of them but the rest

This place has not done any better for me in and out and I feel worse no more for me I'm out A

I was seen here for an abdominal issue. I was treated by a PA and I was being discharged with Zofran and no explanation as to my ailment. When I asked questions and asked for a physician he acted offended and said "obviously you have spent some time googling this on your phone." No, I'm a nurse and I had some questions. I was referred to a 2nd year resident that had nothing to offer but vague "most likely" answers. Really. If you dont know just admit it. Not impressed with care from the physician level however the nurses were kind.

I had great experience here having my first daughter.

This is the worst emergency wait I have experienced. My wife was refered here by her physician to get a emergency ultrasound done so they made us wait almost 5 fricken hours to have the test done. In pain sitting in a dirty waiting room to have a 5 min test done only to wait another 2hrs to get the results!
This place needs an overhaul badly. Dr's & nurses were great I will say that.

Great atmosphere great help from nurses and registration employees and doctors

All I can say I Spent 8 hours there.
You can figure out the rest.

I love the people at this hospital they are so nice with me every time I go there, I don t understand why it has too many bad reviews. The stuff are nice, also the nurses take good care of the patients. I m hoping in being a nurse in the future and I wish I can work there.

Good facility overall but the wait time was horrible. We waited for 2.5 hours just to be seen. The medical assistants were not that friendly but the doctor was great.

Love this hospital, ev1 on staff cares so much for their patients.

In order to bring charges against the staff at kaweaha Delta. Call the District Attorneys office.

Very unclean (floors were sticky and had bloody Band-Aids on it) and took over 10 hours just to SEE a doctor! The people around me had been there longer. They were there for pain and illness.. I was there for a possible brain injury and was a priority ... Still took ages to see me.

How do we as a city request that this hospital needs a new face ? Can we go to city hall ? Who do we tell these stories to that will listen?
This is out of hand. I miss the Kaweah of the 90s. Now it's medieval medicine.
That can't treat zebra patients ( go ahead moderator I'll wait for you to Google that ) if I go to a bigger city they know what that means.
Not every case is ibs ...
Not every case is anxiety....
I call before , if your far too complex we will take you somewhere else. Come on KD! It's 2017 you had better numbers 20 years ago.
What's going on?
Stop giving practiced responses , and listen to the people.
Also your new commercial looks like ghosts flying around does zero for your image. Yes here at Kaweah we will turn you into a ghost.

PLEASE DON'T BASE YOUR INITIAL OPINION ON NEGATIVE REVIEWS. Notice that most negative reviews are about the ER. What people fail to understand is that the ER is not a walk in clinic and shouldn't be treated as one. ITS FOR Emergency situations needing immediate attention. THEREFORE nearly every single ER has the same bad reviews, about time and attention spent on each patient. It should not be a reflection on the facility as a whole.

ANYWAY.....I had spinal surgery yesterday at Kaweah Delta and my experience was nothing shy of amazing. I never take time to write reviews but because I noticed there are so many bad reviews on this hospital I thought I should take the time to write one. The care and attention that every single person working on my team gave to me was perfect. I could tell that they genuinely cared about my success as a patient. They all were confident in each other and you could tell they enjoyed working together, which always helps to set you at ease before surgery. Today is day one out of the hospital and I got a call from them to make sure I was doing ok and didnt need any more help or advice. I couldn't be happier with the support they have given me. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DR OH. AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM OF NERVE SPECIALSTS, ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, NURSES, AND SUPPORT STAFF! You guys are awesome!

Very rudely treated each time I called to get an update on my husband. I live 1 hr and 50 minutes away and each time I have called I have been rudely treated. Not good when you have a sick husband so far away.

You guys abuse patients to death nor give care or professional help to heal them, just look at a couple of these reviews. Alot are having issues and that's due to rudeness and abuse. Please re hire new and caring workers soon.

I have been here since 8 pm and it's currently 2:12am... I've been seen literally 3 times... They said the doctor would come in to talk with me over 2 hours ago.. The staff is literally talking about their parents and their life story...

My good experience was when I had my daughter, she was a miracle. Premature and we both had toxemia. About to meet our maker, Kawea pulled us both back to the living. She has issues because of the life I was living and I have mine. We both live today and I struggle with guilt and shame every day. No one knows the struggling truths of a mother's pain but the mother herself. I am Carmen.

Is there a petition somewhere that I can sign to have this hospital closed down and/or have certain staff members brought up on charges? If anyone knows this please send me a link or a direct line to call?

Today 11-19- 2017 is day # 5 for me in this hospital. I arrived I couldn't breathe and my heart was in AFIB @ 145+ bpm. These folks undoubtedly saved my life. I have NEVER met a finer nursing staff anywhere. I have been treated with kindness, dignity, and respect by everyone I have been in contact with.
Thanks Kaweah Delta.

A Dr Pantera the neurologist here is a rude old man that should probably retire very inappropriate in the way he speaks to his patients he must walk on water the nurses were great during my stay but because of him I had to refuse service and leave due to his attitude and rude behavior I will be pursuing this further he won't treat anyone else like this I promise that

Mostly Crowded all the time. This hospital is by far better than Sierra View, but seriously if it isn t a life or death emergency please go to the urgent care or to your Primary physician. The hospital is for EMERGENCIES....Not minor illnesses like the flu

Went to the ER with severe back pain. Neither the triage RN or ER D.O. assessed my pain level by asking me to rate severity using 0-10 scale. As that is a basic standard for medical care, I left immediately and went elsewhere for medical care.

Worst place to go ever it's disgusting there it doesn't even look like they clean up after all the people you will never have the time to get treated unless you're practically dying in the waiting Room will tell you that your problem is not an emergency to go to your primary doctor and get it taken care of I am so unsatisfied with their customer service I will never go back there and don't recommend anybody absolutely not anyone to go you're better off driving to Hanford or somewhere else to be treated

Tiny Blessings

This little tiny baby,
Was sent from God above,
To fill our hearts with happiness,
And touch our lives with love,
A baby is a blessing
A gift from God above.
A precious little Angel,
To cherish and to love.
To fill our hearts with joy,
And Blessings of God's Love.
Our Precious gift from God above,
May we cherish and adore,
Eternally indepted
Infinitely grateful and forever blessed.

Thank you! staff, nurses and aides are very kind and helpful (especially Jorge)

I hate how the ER gets such a bad reputation. For those of you who are complaining about your visit to the ER you shouldn't be there in the first place unless your extremely sick! If your having nausea, vomiting, cramps, headaches, feeding tube problems you go to your regular doctor for that or a quick care facility, the ER is for emergencies only! They only take the sickest patience in first so if your there waiting hours and hours then your not extremely sick!

I Just got out of there I really had no issues but I thank housekeeping could be better And I did have the best nurse her name is Kiki I love her so sweet

The medical staff can be extremely rude and unattentive. My aunt who happens to be Hispanic once worked here as an OB/GYN and was CONSTANTLY PAID less than her white male colleagues despite her seeing 50 patients a week to their 15 per week. She was willing to treat minority patients without private insurance.

Anesthesia Dept went from being one of the most stellar/ easy to deal with departments in the Kaweah Health System, to the largest laughable joke.
What a sad disappointment!
This New Anesthesia Director (2018) reflects very poorly on the changes coming with the New Kaweah.

My dad was in ICU for 2 weeks with Pneumonia and Also had heart surgery I have to say ICU nurses were so Awesome! I cant thank them enough for the care they gave my dad.

DO NOT GO. LISTEN TO THE REVIEWS! I didn't want to believe them either but its true. Got here at 4am didn't leave until 8am. Then I got treated terribly by some blonde nurse in the small numbered rooms with all black scrubs and glasses that gave me a shot. She was then joined by her "friend" an Arab with pink scrubs and a towel on her head. I was in so much pain and they still treated me with attitude saying "you know I don't have to help you?" Never in all my life have I ever been given such terrible treatment. I will definitely NOT make a return, and I hope they do something to get rid of these 2 pathetic excuses for nurses. LISTEN TO THE REVIEWS PEOPLE!!!

Very rude hospital staff. Very disrespectful and uncaring towards patients. U can be bleeding to death and they will ignore every cry for help.