I can't speak for anything except the labor and delivery departments at Salinas Valley Memorial…read moreHospital. I LOVED sooo much about how I was treated in my most vulnerable moment (labor) that I HAD to write a review!!! I had my third baby girl at SVMH. My two other daughters were born elsewhere. My husband and I arrived at the hospital around 3 in the morning, and I didn't know it at the time, but I was 8cm dilated (I had already lost my mucus plug). I was in excruciating pain and could barely walk in, but I tried to maintain an appearance of calm. A BEAUTIFUL nurse named Jessica (I wish I knew her last name) saw to me first. She was like my saving grace and an answer to prayer that God would provide me with an excellent and caring team. While she was examining me before I was led to a delivery room, she could tell I was hurting. She gave me hip squeezes and showed my husband how to do them. I cannot tell you the relief those squeezes brought me in those moments. She showed compassion in her words, facial expressions, and actions throughout my labor and delivery (and get this, she stayed AFTER her shift to coach me through pushes, which aided IMMENSELY in making my labor the fastest I've ever had!!! She was not the only nurse who showed me great care. There was also Rayanne, Cheryl, Blanca, Jackie, and another Jackie, whom I later found out is Jacqueline Espinoza. They were sooo sweet and professional the whole time I was in labor. I had difficulty and needed two epidurals. These superhero nurses gave me massage oils, made sure I had everything I needed, encouraged me, and coached me through the pain. They made sure my husband and my dear friend (who is like a mother to me) had everything they needed. And 3 of these nurses stayed AFTER their shift until my baby was born. They held up my legs, and Jessica gave mental images to help me visualize as I pushed by sharing her own story of imagining herself pushing out the pain as she exhaled when she was delivering her baby. Also, I have to say that the way Jessica placed the birthing peanut between my legs, as before I began crowning, really seemed to help my baby girl come quickly through my pelvis. Jessica shook my husband's hand and congratulated us. I was in labor with my other daughters for 15+ hours. With my third girl, I was in labor for 4 hours!!! I have SOOOO much gratitude for the way these nurses helped coach me. For the ways they moved me around to help position me in the right place for birth. For the ways they called sprang into action when I moaned that my baby was coming. For the warm blankets they offered when I was cold. For the way they called for the anesthesiologist a second time when I said I was still in a lot of pain. Kudos to these nurses and to Dr. Katherine Ruth for being so calm as I was delivering. I can't thank you all enough for a wonderful experience and for putting my mind at ease during one of the most painful and vulnerable moments in my life. 5-star nurses!!!!

I have been coming to this hospital since the day I was born and have always trusted the care…read moreprovided here. Tonight, I brought my mother in due to elevated blood pressure she had an EKG performed. After the test, the nurse told my mother--without first consulting with the EKG technician--that she could walk to the ER on her own. To do so, my mother was required to leave the room, walk down four - five steps, and then climb an additional five to six steep steps, without any assistance from staff. The nurse simply pointed in the direction of the ER, offering no help or concern for her condition. Like she worked at Home Depot! I stopped my mother from continuing and asked where patient care was in that moment. Despite being told I could not accompany her, I assisted my mother up the stairs myself because I did not feel it was safe for her to do so alone. Our family lost a loved one just last night to a heart attack, which made this experience especially distressing and unacceptable. This situation left me feeling angry, concerned, and deeply disappointed in the level of care and compassion shown. If it wasn't for the triage nurse I would defently have given it a 1 or 0 if I could have!

To begin with, we did not choose for my wife to go to Natividad Hospital. In fact, my wife begged…read morethe firemen to take her to Memorial Hospital and not Natividad. We didn't know much about Natividad Hospital, but what we had heard about was not good. She has Medicare, and because she has had some health issues over the years, we purchased the best Medicare Supplement available and can go to any hospital we want. But because we live closer to Natividad, the firemen told us that they had to take her to Natividad. At the time, we didn't know how serious her injury from her fall was, but she was definitely in a lot of pain and knew she needed to go to a hospital. I went to the ER to see her that night. They were still taking X-rays, etc. to determine what was wrong. When I left after about an hour and a half, I still didn't know what her injury was. I went back in the morning and was informed that she had broken her hip, and they would be having surgery that afternoon. When I left the hospital, I didn't know what was going to be done. My wife has had four back surgeries over the years all performed by Dr. Gus Halamandaris. We didn't pick his name out of a hat to have him do the initial surgery on her back. It was based on recommendations we had received on him and after meeting with him to discuss the surgery he was going to perform on her. This was not the case at Natividad. And because this was an emergency, there was not time for us to go shopping for a surgeon, and we understand that. Had it been a surgery because of a degenerative nature, and had time, we certainly would have and had the surgery performed and chosen a different hospital to have it done. I didn't even know the name of the surgeon who would be performing the surgery on my wife, much less what was going to be done. She was scheduled to go into surgery at 2 pm. I called at 5:30 and was told that her surgery had been delayed and that she had just gone into to surgery. I called again at 8:30 to see if she was out of surgery and was told that she was still in surgery and I was assured that I would get a call when she was out of surgery. I never got that call. I finally called again at 9:30 and was told she was out of surgery and would be transferred to a room. After each of the four surgeries Dr. Halmandaris performed on my wife, he would come and see me if I was at the hospital or call me at home to let me know how the surgery went. When I left the hospital the following day, I still didn't even know her surgeons' name or exactly what had been done. It wasn't until two days later that we were told by a nurse that she had a partial hip replacement. After a short stay in the hospital, my wife was transferred to the Sam Karas Acute Rehab Center, which is on the same site as the hospital. But that is a separate story. After she was released from the Rehab Center, we had to return to the hospital to meet with her surgeon for a follow up. We were told to be there by 9:15, which we were. We didn't meet with her surgeon until almost 3 hours later. After he went over her operation, he said he wanted us to return in about a month for another checkup. I told him that we wouldn't be returning and that we would go to another orthopedic surgeon who has in private practice for any future follow ups. There is no way we were going to spend 3 hours waiting to see a doctor we had an appointment with; plus the distance we had to traverse from the parking lot to where we had to go to me with him. He told us that we didn't have to do that and we could just go to our family doctor for any follow ups. As far as her stay in the hospital, we were relatively satisfied with it other than the food is absolutely horrible. Fortunately, she didn't have much of an appetite. I have been a strong proponent of universal healthcare because I believe it should be a right to have access to have medical care. However, if this an example of what universal healthcare looks like, I may have to reevaluate that opinion. It should be better than this.

Horrible experience here. I went in last night for a car accident (passenger v car) and I was in…read moresevere pain and my leg bleeding and unable to walk properly. All they did was give me Tylenol and an ice pack, and sat me in the lobby. No clean up on the wound or nothing, my husband and father had to literally tell the staff to get something to cover it and even then the staff was so slow and unwilling to help. Ended Up leaving after x rays because I had already been there 3 hours and no updates or help that was asked for. HIGHLY DONT recommend this hospital if you want proper care.

Sooyee in the transplant department is the worst they need to fire her never calls back patients…read moreand very rude.

palo alto hospital: unsatisfactory pain management after a procedure that had me reaching out to a…read morefamily member for a pain pills, not to mention some very arrogant doctors who would not explain my medical questions. a good place for bad medicine!

So We Brought My Fiancée To Salinas Valley Medical Urgent Care Center For Her To See A Dr. It's…read moreKool That They're Open On Sundays Hopefully They Take Care Of Her..??

My babies appointment was 1.5 hours ago and now I'm finally in a room waiting for Dr. Brunet…read more.. Ridiculous to have newborns waiting in a lobby full of sick people for over an hour.

Super easy to get help. In and out fast. Very friendly. Great quality care. Easy to get tb test.read more

Honestly hearing a doctor tell me to go on google Ai for something I'm concerned about is extremely…read morediabolical and embarrassing. I'm there for a reason for you to help me-- not to tell me I should go Google what I'm concerned about.

Treated very well. The nurses are very nice. They make you feel relaxed before procedures.read more

Absolutely not. If you're scheduled for a procedure here, reschedule it to a different location…read more The practice lies to their patients, changes orders from doctors with sedations because of BMI regardless of doctor approval of said sedation as well as positive history with sedation and full intubation. Do not expect the scheduler, front desk or nurses to know what they are doing or how to handle patients. The only way I found out the real reason it wasn't listed with sedation and only local is because of my doctor and her personal surgical assistant telling me the facility caused such a stink they made the doctor change the order. Every single person I spoke to from the scheduler a day prior to my appointment through check in to the nurses (3 helped me once I was in back) all knew I had intense anxiety and needed sedation and help to calm my nerves and every single one told me no problem the anesthesiologist will be by to speak with you. Come 10 minutes before I'm supposed to go back and I'm informed there's no sedation and to wait for my doctor to change the order. 5 minutes before the doctor arrives (30 minutes since I found out I couldn't be sedated) the nurse tells me they don't even have an anesthesiologist on schedule for that day. That an anesthesiologist would not be in office that day so even if my doctor approved the sedation (the facility was still claiming it was the drs office who chose no sedation) that I wouldn't be able to get the procedure done that day. Not even 5 minutes later an anesthesiologist comes in to assist the patient in the next curtain. All lies from beginning to end from the facility. Thank god my dr is straight forward and told me exactly what happened. I spoke with the office manager at the facility as well that informed me they have said policy for BMI and I should have been told multiple times to which I replied it is her job to train her staff accordingly. The phone scheduler goes over your height and weight and I immediately asked for sedation to which she replied absolutely thus making my expectations completely opposite of the facility policy. If you have medi-cal you can be seen other places. Just don't go here. It's not worth it and honestly I can't imagine what could have happened had they worked on me given the amount of lies and protocols they disregarded out of sheer laziness.

I thought that because this was a smaller place my mom would get the care she needed after having a…read moretoe amputated due to diabetic complications and with all sincerity I will say that if you care about your family member DO NOT LEAVE THEM THERE. While there my mom was supposed to be provided physical therapy but instead she was neglected by the staff and in my eyes she had lost her will to keep going. When she was admitted there she should have had a wound vac in place but she didn't it literally took them a week and a half to figure it out and that was only due to the fact that i allowed my anger get the best of me and had a serious chat with them. She was there two weeks and in order for them not to be bothered by her she was put in an adult diaper. Two weeks adult diaper and no bath. That was it for me I contacted 911 and had them take her to memorial hospital because I knew she would be taken care of properly. F that place please dont leave a loved one there

WHERE SHOULD I START - My Mother had Dementia and we had…read moreNo choice but to place her there . I know my Mother was a handful and gave them a run for there money . But they seriously called my sister one day to tell my sister if nobody was able to pick her up , they were gonna place her in a Hotel for a couple days . - The OFFICE STAFF Is So FAKE and LAZY !!!! Especially Maria !!!!! What gives me peace and satisfaction is that one day she too will be old as well . - the NEW Supervisor takes her Dog to work , mind you it's NOT a service dog . I've witnessed it barking . This is a place of business NOT her Home ! I hope in the future the Dog doesn't bite a resident - There SO -CALLED physical therapist SUCK ! - they need to hire or train there cleaning staff better . My Mother's bathroom had the same soap scum stains that we're pretty visible for over 3 weeks . Till I finally decided to clean and sanitize the bathroom my self . - There over staffed in the morning shift . But unfortunately under staffed in the swing shift and graveyard shift. - THE POSITIVE thing I do half to say is The afternoon shift and graveyard shift ARE SO NICE. But overworked. - I have Nothing to gain , But speak my truth and experience of what I seen and experienced visiting my Mother in this facility for over 3 years . - I know it's NOT an easy Job to do , BUT some of these people NOT all .Make the choice to still show up and perform very poorly. - I give it to GOD and let karma come back to those certain individuals. Sincerely Mrs.Zamora's Daughter... P.S. Eternally Super Appreciative To Nurses Niki and Andrea CNA Irmi , Terry , Maya and Maribel

This reviews is specifically for my treatment under certified psychiatric mental health NP, Laura…read moreSlippy, whose based out of DOD, Marina- I've been a patient of Laura's for years now, and I am forever grateful to have found her. Having been involved in the behavioral healthcare system for most of my life, I've experienced a wide range of mental health professionals. Laura, however, stands in a category all of her own. She is one of the only providers I've ever worked with who genuinely, deeply cares. Her dedication shows through her actions and her consistency in going the extra mile. In my case, she even went through the process of becoming specially certified in a specific medication just so she could provide me with the treatment I needed. That level of commitment to a single patient's well-being is incredibly rare. She doesn't just treat symptoms, she advocates for your life. It is extraordinary to find a practitioner who is both a brilliant clinician and a truly compassionate human being. I couldn't recommend her enough.

Very welcoming atmosphere and clean...Staff is very kind and helpful... Ty…read moreLaura Slippy is life my savor! Very knowledgeable, kind and professional! Along with Maria make the best team and if you need help believe me, I will never leave! The Best! Thank you for all you do!

I must say, what a great Doctors office to visit.. My Doctor, Denise, all of the nurses and even…read morethe young ladies that work behind the desk, The intire staff are very friendly and professional. I have Medical for my insurance and yet, am respected and thoroughly cared for. I am greatful to have a doctor that cares and is thorough when it comes to my health. This office takes walkins the wait may take a while but they will see you. So make an appointment and you'll have nothing to complain about..... Harden Urgent Care, TWO THUMBS UP

Was told by my employer to walk in for a TB test. The atmosphere here is not welcoming at all. The…read morereceptionist the assisted me was very rude.

I cannot say enough good things about my two doctors at Natividad. First, John Koostra, MD has to…read morebe the most caring Pulmonologist there is in Monterey County. This doctor goes the extra mile and has so much empathy for his patients. He is amazing to say the least. Secondly, Jeanne Phillips, MD cardiologist that is so fantastic there are not enough words. She can be fun and lighthearted to put you at ease but she tells it like it is. She is a smart firecracker. She is high energy. Some people think Natividad is low status and quality because it is a County Hospital but it doesn't get any better than the two doctors I just told you about. Dr. Phillips is Harvard trained! There are many doctors who left CHOMP and when to work at Natividad! That tells you something. I have never been happier.

Dr Murillo vibrant young doctor, very knowledgeable, firm, to all patients, this guy is great…read moredoctor, nurses are all ready to help you with a smile, staff upfront are so welcoming and professional, I always come out of my appointment feeling better, great job guys.