terrible place ! Só cold that you could freeze while waiting for long hours! They are not friendly, pass you to the back of the line if you don't attend to the rudeness. You have to humiliate yourself to be seen! read more

I have been coming to the pediatrics office since my daughter was born, she is now eight years old.I usually see Dr. Manigault. and I start by saying she's an amazing doctor. She's so sweet with my daughter. It's not all business with her, she comes to because she loves her job.She is truly empathetic to her patients and never leaves the room without answering All of your questions. I recently took my daughter to her appointment for her yearly physical and I was seen by Dr. Odekunl. I waited for a month for this appointment. The office had just opened and the doctor had us waiting for an hour. When he finally came in the room, he was in such a rush to do the physical. It took a good 30 seconds for him to check her out. He was in such a rush to leave the room and I felt like I was bothering him. My daughter broken out in hives, and I asked him to look at it. He didn't ask any follow up questions about her symptoms . He just said that he'll write a prescription and leave. I also needed a paper to be filled out for her school. The nurse told me to give it to the doctor. When I went to hand him the paper he verbatim told me "I don't take papers from patients give it to the nurse she'll give it to me" he was standing right there. I really couldn't understand why he couldn't just grab the paper. He's such a rude doctor. It's ridiculous. How disrespected and unheard I felt for both me and my daughter. The next day I went to the pharmacy to see if the prescription was ready and he never even sent it in. She's had this rash for a little over a month and it was very infuriating to me that he just forgot to put the prescription in. He's a physician by title only. He doesn't care about his patients. He's the reason why I am now taking my daughter to another doctor after 8 years. He's horrible at what he does and needs to find another profession immediately because he is a prime example of someone that comes to Work just for the pay check. read more

I had a terrible experience at this place. I went to the one on Ludlow St. in Newark behind the crack house. I have been there a few times with mixed results. Currently I am in a halfway house in Newark and this is where we are forced to go, but they pay for it and we go through their insurance. I came in today for an appointment and the African fellow that usually helps me wasn't there. He seems competent and helpful. But unfortunately there was a Hispanic lady with blonde hair working the desk. She told me I had to change my PCP in order for them to see me. I explained to her that I wasn't using my insurance, that I had never used my insurance there and didn't understand how they even had it, that I was going through the halfway house who send many people there. She just had a horrible attitude, would not listen, insisted I was lying, because why else would they have my insurance if I hadn't provided it? I said Idk maybe they looked it up or something. She scoffed at that and said there was no way, like it was impossible. I asked where the African guy was, and said he knows me, he knows the procedure. I said can't you call him or something? Or look at the records and see how I paid every other time? She just stared at me moodily and said he was out to lunch, still insisting I had to change my PCP or I wouldn't be seen and I couldn't pick and choose which insurance I use. I called the halfway house and they faxed over the proof of their insurance so they could see the correct one. She received the fax and then...nothing. She just looked at me and ignored it. Eventually the African guy came back and I went up to the desk and explained the situation and he found the fax and fixed it. I asked why do you have my insurance, that I've never used here? I had JUST gotten the card the week before. He said they probably looked it up. I said to the lady, you just told me there was no way they did that. After all was said and done I went in and was seen, but this woman was incompetent and just did not want to help me. From the jump she was rude and had an attitude for no reason. I've never seen her before, and there was no reason for her to act the way she did. I strongly suspect it had to do with race. I am a white man and when you encounter enough hostility in places like that from people you've never seen before, you start to recognize it. She never apologized for her mistake, never admitted she was wrong. Never lost her attitude. The doctor is nice and overworked. The guy at the desk is helpful. But they should fire that blonde haired Hispanic woman for being bad at her job, and rude to sick people looking for help. read more

I had a 10:15 appointment. I arrived at 9:45 and their waiting room was overbooked as usual. They brought me in back at 10:30 took my weight, blood pressure and asked me some ridiculous questions then threw me back in their waiting room . At 11:15 I was made to sit in a room with no attention yet from my doctor. They either need to have more doctors on staff to handle their patient load or find a better solution. I feel like I'm just here so they can collect my copay . My recommendation is that if you really care about your health to find a regular doctor with a professional practice that knows how to keep appointments and has concern for their patients well being read more

Staff very helpful. The facility is very clean And the doctors there are very helpful information

I had a pretty smooth experience getting my COVID Booster here. I scheduled an appointment over the phone, and arrived about 30 minutes early. Staff was polite and directed me through the check-in process. Wait times were a little longer than expected, considering the place didn't have more than 7-8 people to get the vaccine, but not uncomfortably so. Getting the actual vaccine was super quick, and I was out in about 3 minutes after getting the shot. read more

I found my new PCP Alan Tso, MD to be very professional and considerate. I would definitely recommend the NCHC at 741 Broadway in Newark, New Jersey. read more

I had a 4pm appointment with Dr. Francisca Meremikwn. I left work early, my ride didnt come for me so I practically run 2 miles, while Im pregnant just so I can make it on time. I get there 3 minutes after 4 and am informed that the vet, I mean Dr has left early. Nobody called me to inform, no email or anything. I dont know this individual who seems to be a phoney posing as a Dr. But I can tell you she is a disgrace for professionals and she is an iresponsible individual with no respect for her patients or profession. She has an F in my book. read more

Worst place ever, wait time is unreasonable! This is serious. My appointment was at 10 am. Doctor checked me at 2 pm. Worst worst place ever! Patients came after me and were checked and left before me. Can you believe it? Uhg dont waste your time coming here. read more

Newark Community Health Centers - Medical Centers Near Me - Newark, New Jersey

This place is so bad to have an appointment. What is the point of having a appointment if they don't attend you at the time you have it. I had mines at 12 and they attended me at 3 read more

A special thank you to the staff and especially Ivette VB for all the help and for providing me with the C19 Vaccine. Place was clean and staff was very nice and informativ. If you need their services, go for it! Thanks to the Staff at Orange NHCH. read more

I have been coming to the NCHC for well over 5plus years and i can honestly say it always been a great experience the staff is always friendly and ready to help the wait time with a appointment is not long the bathrooms are very clean always and the facility is always well kept my doctor is Dr Akuwa Gbogbotsi she is amazing very patient and alway informative i will recommend NCHC to friends and family. read more

Worst place to come for anything medical honestly you can be dying in the room an no one checks up on you my wife was waiting for a doctor to check her bp an waited 3hrs in the room by herself. In top of that most of the time u come here the doc doesn't show up for work an you have to reschedule another appointment . An to top it off if u get a morning appointment you wont be seen till end of day be warn stay away from here !!! read more

The doctors are excellent however something needs to be done about the waiting time in the room an hour is ridiculous.

this should be your last resort. this place should be closed, its terrible. Dr Trilby Tener MD and her two side kicks were a joke. My mother went for an annual exam inc Pap and was told bleeding is normal! My mother said it was painful. My mother had to ask for her breast exam. She was talked to like she was a criminal with demands no concern for patient is you would normally have In healthcare. Id give this place a zero star, and to too it off you have to deliver your own exam sample to the lab upstairs. this was laughable to conclude. read more

Horrible service...everyone who works there is completely unprofessional. Supposed nurses with no masks on whatsoever. Wait times are 1.5 hrs. to more. They mess up your appt time and never call you to inform you of any information that has changed prior to appt. The receptionists blasted music and screamed laughing my whole time there. Mocking patients was also noted by staff. I am not going back to this HIPPA violations ridden place. edit: The facility visited was in Irvington. read more

i should of just gone to a regular clinic this was a everybody clinic . i had to wait 2hrs to be seen ,partly because they scheduled me around lunch time i guess thats for all the nurses . im never coming back here .. read more

I had a great experience at the Newark Community Health Center getting my COVID vaccination. The staff were very accommodating and kind. The nurses are great here. Definitely recommend! read more

At just before 7:00 PM, I was brought back to see Dr. Okechukwu for my 4:00 PM appointment. I shared my reasons for this medical visit and the doctor replied, "Ok, first we're going to lose weight. Then we're going to cut your sodium intake and then we're going to start exercising." Excuse me, I started moving around for fun- running, swimming, and climbing when I was a young child. Nowadays, I run, walk, kickbox, and recently started to do yoga on my lunch break; at least I did before I got sick. However, the doctor didn't know any of this because well, she never asked me. She assumed that a person in a fuller-sized body must not move regularly, has never tried to lose weight, and must eat a salt-rich diet. She never asked me about my diet. She never asked me about my history of weight loss attempts through dieting, overexercising or an eating disorder. In fact, her choice to disregard my symptoms, humanity, autonomy and view me as "non-compliant" led her to engage in weight discrimination with a scared person who has been battling disordered eating for the past 25 years. I guess she's never bothered to learn that discrimination is wrong? "Weight stigma undermines health behaviors and preventive care, causing disordered eating, decreased physical activity, health care avoidance, and weight gain (Tomiyama, A. J., Appetite, Vol. 82, 2014). Over the long term, it even increases the risk of mortality (Sutin, A. R., et al., Psychological Science, Vol. 26, No. 11, 2015)." https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/03/news-weight-stigma read more

TERRRRRIBLE SERVICE. This is probably the worse location, but the Ferry Street location is just as bad. I have an appointment at 2pm. It's now almost 4pm and I'm still waiting. Unfortunately it seems like I'll have to look for another healthcare location. Anything in the 'hood' always seems to have the best worse service and crappy nurses. read more

Was surprised attention was good no waiting time like before after the pandemic it got better service thank you

I was pleasantly surprised!!! I got out in half the time. This office has hired new Doctors, Interns and Staff!! I was shocked how fast I was in and out. It all took only about an hour and 10 minutes. Before the additional staff, you waited in there for two, three and sometimes four hours. I am grateful for the needed improvement. read more

I went to this clinic with an appointment at 1pm in the Ob- Gynecologist room. I had such a bad experience. I went there for a routine check up, I spend 6 hours in the waiting room (what is the point of making an appointment if you going to be waiting half of the day!) Very unprofessional and incompetent staff . I would never be back to this place and I would recommend whoever is reading this review and thinking about going to this place; please save yourself the trouble! STAY AWAY!!!!!! read more

Newark Community Health Centers - Medical Centers Near Me - Newark, New Jersey

This has been the worse place I ever had to visit literally I call Tuesday to make a apt for Saturday the receptionist tells me u have to call on a Friday so u can get a visit Saturday just called and they tell me they are booked what type of bs is this 3 weeks ago I make a apt to see the dentist they call me the day of my appointment and tell me they have to reschedule me because they are super booked wth that's got to do with me so now I have to wait a month before seeing the dentist then u make A appointment and gotta sit for hours before being seen get the hell outta here shove it where the sun don't shine u get no stars u unprofessional sack of dirt read more

Everytime we go they lose my son's paperwork (ie birth certificate, vaccinations, SS Card). I went in 3 weeks ago and they lost his shot records and the nurse was rude to me (telling me I need to plan better and not wait till the last minute - I received the physicals paperwork the week before). 4 HOURS LATER STILL NO PHYSICAL AND TOLD TO RESCHEDULE 3 WEEKS LATER. I came in again today (per their request) and they said his school physical paperwork would be filled out (at the last visit). Guess what? They lost them and the Dr on duty refused to refill them out event though it was already in the system. They wanted me to come back AGAIN on Monday. I took 2 buses to get there (and I work during the week). I've already filed a complaint against them this afternoon with the State and I'll be contacting the Board of Medicine on Monday. They never have the same Dr's there, and the Dr's don't share information with one another. The appointments are easy to get, but you're there for hours at a time. The dentist had no problem scheduling an appointment and assuring me they accept the type of insurance, yet when I went in with the kids they said it's not. I'll also be contacting Tricare and informing them this is how they treat military dependants. I'm positive they'll be interested in looking into this! read more

Showed up 15-20 before my 11 am appointment and I have still not been seen by the doctor. It's currently 2:36 PM. What is the point of having an appointment if nurses send WALK INS to the doctor before those with an appointment. Absolutely ridiculous. Update: Currently 3:41 PM and my doctor still has not seen me and my nurse and not come to check in. This office needs some serious improvements. read more

I went to the Broadway location first and then was referred to the NCHC on Ferry Road. The receptionist at the Broadway location was very helpful but she talked real loud and blurted out my reason for the visit, which was personal. I had to go the 92 Ferry Road location and make an appointment. I would not recommend the Ferry Road location unless you speak Spanish or Portugese (I only speak English). They made clerical errors throughout my entire visit. For my gyn screen, I was seen by a nurse not a doctor. That was okay, since it was just a screening visit. Labwork was needed for my case, and I noticed several errors in the labwork form, and I had to correct my address with them. They put in my birthdate wrong. The intake person who escorts you in did not know what she was doing. She fumbled with the software to put in your information, didn't know my name when the nurse appeared, and she said, "did I take your blood pressure"? while looking at the reading from another patient. I had to tell her, "No that was another person". These kind of errors are dangerous in medical. If you are not careful you could be misidentified and the medical staff will not know what you are there for. If I hadn't checked my address, they would have sent my results to the wrong address for labwork (which again, was very personal). Mistakes galore. Thank God I have an HMO I will find a "real doctor". read more

The office is great but the wait times are completely unreasonable. My appointment was at 10 am. I wasn't physically put in a room until 1pm with no doctor in sight. I respect other people's time, I wish they would do the same for me. read more

The doctors here are great. But seriously the office needs to do something for the wait times. I have sat here hours on end with an appointment. For example my appointment was 10:45 and here it is 12:41 and still haven't seen a doctor. There is no stable way to get a hold of this place if you need to speak with a doctor or staff. Seriously fix this because it's really becoming annoying. read more

this place is the worst. management sucks. they are not doing their job. its not the 1st but the 2nd time having to leave because their time management skills & punctuality suck ass. i'm one of the many patients that have been schedule early to go for their appointments, only for the doctor or dentist to come in an hour or 2 after they scheduled you, now not only do you not have your appointment on time but you have other ahead of you waiting also for their turn. they do not call to confirm appointments, they do not let you know the doctor is coming in at a certain time, they schedule you starting at 8:30 am only for the doctor to come in at 11am. they reschedule your time without letting you know or giving you a call. i will not be going back and i suggest you don't either unless you like to have your time wasted. read more

My mother had Covid-19. She didn't know it but felt so bad that she called the doctor and was told not to go in. Later, when she felt better she took the test and was positive for the antibodies. She applied for the government assistance. She brought is the paper work to be filled by the doctor and was told that they would not fill out the paper work because the doctor did not order for her to stay home! Told her basically it was not their problem. Maybe she should have not listen, gone, and infected people. Maybe then they would have filled out the paper work. read more

There is a nurse practitioner by the name of Linda at the East Orange location. 444 William St East Orange NJ 07017. She is purposely misdiagnosing females inside the obgyn office. Falsley diagnosing the herpes virus! This may not seem like a big deal but your medical records stay with you for life. Please I urge you to contact BBB.ORG leave a complaint if you feel you have a complaint to share. Don't be silent. Speak up for yourself. Also get a second opinion from the actual doctor on staff inside to obgyn office at this location. This is a busy clinic trying to attend to the surrounding community. Nurse Linda is just ALL bad. She does not value patients. She misdiagnoses patients all day long then goes home. How does she sleep at night?? read more

All locations are horrible but this one was worse than the Ludlow St location. Very unorganized and very long waits. I had a very unprofessional experience there. I ended up not even being able to get anything done after a multi-hours wait. They are also NOT affordable for low-income or uninsured.... I was both and it cost $90 a visit not including out of pocket lab work cost fees (over $200) (At Ludlow St). read more

It's a community clinic so that should set the bar for you. Some of staff members are friendly. However, as advice set up an appointment to avoid the long wait times but still no guarantees with appointments either. There are lots of inefficiencies which if corrected would cut down wait times. read more

Been in here a few times and waited for a long time, (as in over an hour). Walked in today 4 mins late for my 1245pm appt and was chastised by front desk and I was told I will be seen after 2pm. I would of had more understanding if they hadn't said anything and I just had a long wait as usual. Are we for real today??? read more

DONT GO THERE!!!! I really wish I can give me a 0 star !!! THEYRE THE WORSE CENTER EVER !!!! The people are VERY UNPROFFESIONAL and so GHETTO!!!!!! My mother had a appt at 10, showed up at 9:30 and didn't get done till 1:30!!!!!!!! For a freak Pap smear!!!!! My mother is elderly who is on different kinds of meds, there's no excuses for them to have her wait for so long. I wish I was there or this shot wouldn't have happened. Will no longer be going here. read more

The worst medical office in my life experience! The wait is 5 HOURS! I am not kidding! The staff is unprofessional and rude. No one ever said sorry for the ridiculous wait time, all you hear is - reschedule if you don't want to wait. read more

I scheduled an appt. for 10:30 am and to determine if my child is diabetic she must FAST. Well its 1:30 pm and she still hasn't been seen. Wait time is unbelievable. Not only did they forget to ask me to bring her birth certificate but the PCP who I specially chose because she was a woman didn't come in so now my 8 year old daughter has to be examined by a male doctor. I am livid I will not be returning if I can help it. My child is use to having her breakfast but today she could not due to the exam she is starving 3 hours is unacceptable. Newark Community Pediatrics needs to get organized or hire a professional staff. read more

This review is for Newark Community Health Care located at 444 William St. East Orange NJ 07017. Linda is the Nurse Practitioner in the Gyn Department. She is misdiagnosing patients giving the herpes virus diagnosis. This may seem like not much of a problem. However your medical records stay with you for life. Majority of the patients seen here are given a diagnosis of having herpes virus. Even after your blood work comes back revealing no such diagnosis is accurate. If you have to see Nurse Practitioner Linda AND YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN MISDIAGNOSED DONT LET IT SLIDE. Request a second opinion from the actual doctor. Contact the better business burea at BBB.ORG and make a complaint. Also if you can afford to get a second opinion from a different Gyn office and show a copy of your results to Newak Community Health Care. This is a small busy clinic in a poor area with limited resources and they have no respect for their patients. You will not be valued and are not valued as a patient here. read more