They have better imaging equipment than the hospital, close convenient parking,, a.wonderful. staff…read moreand easy to get appointments. I live in Monterey, but I'm more than happy to drive to Salinas for these type of procedures. Everything was much better than the hospital.

Came in to get an xray done with muaree, normally would be sent to the hospital for such so I was a…read morelittle surprised to see a new location. The waiting area is very spacious, has comfortable seating and minimal decor but overall comforting. Staff are friendly and easy to interact with! Overall great experience!

Very professional, kind and caring employees , I wouldn't go anywhere else, great experience all…read morearound.

vey friendly staff and calm atmosphere They take good care…read moreof you very nice staff and they make you feel like family

I'm I giving an A++++++++++, five-star rating to the entire staff at this center…read more Had my first MRI the other day and was greatly impressed by how well everything went. Thanks, thanks, and thanks again for giving me the royal treatment!

I wanted to say thank you to the amazing care and service I received from this location. The staff,…read morefrom the receptionist to nurse and tech were amazing and went above and beyond to make me feel comfortable and relaxed. Gave meet a warm blanket, headphones with music of my choosing. The nurse was caring about how anxious I was, she talk to me calmly and told me she wait to leave until I was ready. The Tech was so polite. The machine is roomy and opened so you don't feel like you are buried alive. ;-). A++

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!

The process to make your appt is easy, make the call, select your interest in tests and you're…read moredone. You can pre sign in so at the appt it takes less time, which is nice. This test is not held at your conventional location. Tests are held at the American Legion Hall, partitioned with setup dividers for privacy. Everyone is waiting their turn in the same room as testing is done. When you arrive for your test you're greeted by someone who takes your info and then you complete your sign in via iPad. The person greeting you is very professional, polite and friendly. Depending on what testing you've requested depends on how many tests you have done. After each test you return to the sitting area and wait for your name to be called for your next test. The whole appt took less than an hour. Medical staff on hand was professional and friendly. These tests are not something you'd have done in your doctors office, it's really if you're looking for additional answers regarding your health. You receive your results in the next few days to the next few weeks via email. All results provide a link for your sign in. You can then bring these results to your doctors appt to discuss.

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.

This is a great medical office. It's very professional, clean and friendly. Alayna was my…read moretechnician and she was fabulous. She was gentle and positive, making the procedure almost enjoyable! I highly recommend this breast care center.

This was my first time here, highly recommend, Evelyn my tech. She…read more was super helpful, kind, patient, and I asked a lot of silly question, she said that's ok to ask. The process didn't hurt a bit. Doctor was also very nice and informative. I will definitely refer people to come here, they have the newest machines, all Is fine.

I had made an early morning appt online and then checked in by phone from my car. Highly recommend…read morethat (rather than walking in and waiting without an appt). The staff had me in and out in less than 10 minutes- so easy and smooth. Everything was clean and calm and the staff were friendly and professional.

Not sure why Susana at the front desk, also a lab specimen collector reluctantly kept refusing to…read moreask me for my registration number? Literally took an entire hour to finally find someone to register me in the system for my test. Spoke to her multiple times and she apparently just wanted me wait endlessly to make an appointment on her check-in list instead of just taking my registration number so I could complete my urine test. Finally spoke to a nice gentleman there, finally received my registration number and processed me in the system. For some reason he kept in going on about how you need a registration, which I already had so I didn't understand that. Left multiple voicemails to the office manager De Santis about the peculiar experience I had with Susana. A manager really needs to speak to her on hold to optimize the check in process. I understand she's playing multiple roles but she can do better.