Mee Memorial Healthcare System

Unfortunately King city clinic and hospital continues to be one of the worst medical places to go to. Staff is rude. Long waits get ignored and bad overall service. Shame on the mess

I came in feeling like I was about to pass out with a severe headache, a fever of 104, swollen tonsils, and intense chills. At some point I started spacing out due to my lack of understanding and utter confusion, I’m pretty much a zombie at this point. While walking towards the ER the woman at the front counter very promptly and very rudely said to put on a mask. Understandable, but when I felt like I was about to pass out and like I was dying that was the least of my worries. Working as an ER receptionist you’d expect some sort of empathy but there was none to be found. They finally called me in and swabbed my throat for two tests, then they put me in a room for almost an hour where I was isolated and they began addressing other patients completely ignoring me. Then after waiting what seemed to be forever they came in and gave me a single ibuprofen then told me it was just a fever despite my intense zombie state and sent me home.

Next morning comes, and I didn’t feel any better, if anything I felt significantly worse— something still felt extremely off. I ended up going to another clinic in Soledad and it turns out I had meningitis and strep throat. If my mom didn’t push the issue, I might have had severe complications and possibly died due to the meningitis.

I came in after an animal attack while traveling and staff here went out of their way to help me calm and called various public health agencies 3x to be sure I wouldn't need the rabies vaccine. Above and beyond. Can I give 10 stars? They were very unbusy at midnight on a weekend. ER Doc even talked to my doc on the phone. I wouldn't hesitate to return.

I do not recommend this place at all. If you can make a bit of a further drive up into Salinas or down to Templeton, it’ll be worth it. The emergency services are very slow, even if you reserve your spot online. When you do reserve a spot online, it creates a new record for you every time so they are always having you fill out the paperwork you’ve done before and once you’re back, they can’t pull up your previous records without hassle because it’s not attached to your “new” account from the visit.

The doctors are not good at giving you answers or taking you seriously when you have issues. I went in for severe nausea and diarrhea and somehow my options were to be admitted to the hospital (which seems way unnecessary) or to go home. Very little effort to test for anything, turned out I had salmonella which I found out later.

The regular doctor’s office, you’re never going to see the same doctor twice and if you do good luck getting appointments close to one another. The last straw for me was when I had an appointment rescheduled 3 times. I had an AM appointment which was then told would need to be PM. Then I was told it would be cancelled altogether because he doctor wouldn’t be there that day. Then I was told my appointment was moved back to the AM because the doctor wouldn’t be there in the PM. My original appointment would have been completely fine, but I got tired of being jerked around and decided to find a new PCM in Paso Robles.

I was also told my doctor would send out a urine culture for me due to my issues for my initial visit, and this was a complete lie and NEVER happened. The doctors treat you like you’re stupid especially if you have a reoccurring problem. They’d rather treat you for the same thing 10 times than give you a referral to a specialist.

This place is terrible, the receptionists are nice and that’s about it. The doctors aren’t worth it at the ER or the clinic.

Some of the staff there make me uncomfortable. The way they look at me the first time they see me-it's like they're immediately annoyed at the sight of me. So I feel they immediately dislike me, and I don't know why? One nurse said to me as I left to 'not come back'. What does this mean? Was me being there in the past and coming back irritating to them? I cannot help if I need to go the the ER. I have a heart problem and it won't let me rest. Believe me, I'm tired, and wish I was better, but my heart's unpredictable. Arrhythmia, tachycardia, difficulty breathing/ shortness of breath. I don't know what's wrong with me, and I always contemplate coming here knowing I'm going to get weird looks from people here, and feel unsafe all over again.
Also, despite how I look people might treat me like a child. Please, don't. Don't infanatlize young adults. I'm nearly 20 now. I'm shy, quiet, timid, sensitive so please, if I ever go back there, (which I really don't want to) make me feel safe. There is NO excuse to be rude to a patient who's there FOR a reason! I was already scared enough.
I still can't get over the "Don't come back here". What if I need to? Tachycardia doesn't go away forever.
Also, I hope the person who misspelled my second last name wasn't doing it on purpose. They did get my card with my full name on there, how did they misspell it. Tbh, I thought the name being misspelled was kinda insulting. And it wasn't fixed like I thought it would be.:/ Pretty confusing, and I'm disappointed.

I am furious. As I am writing this I have nothing but Bad things to say about this place. It is almost 11pm and i arrived at 8: 00pm. This man speaks no English and Has been waiting with his sick daughter in the cold waiting to be called you can see him holding her and you can see the child’s car seat. The poor baby can not even cry because you can hear it bothers her. Upon talking to the nurse she explained the baby can not be in the room and they have to wait outside because of COVID mind you It is freezing outside. They can at least give that baby and the father a room to themselves. COVID or not there baby’s up there being born inside the hospital and There’s hardly any people here. A little before 9: 30 I insisted they treat the baby prior to treating me but no luck. Around 10 I went to the front desk and no one was there I waited about 20 minutes and no one was there. If I could give this place 0 starts I would. Please don’t come here or only come here if you want to die. Because they will not help you … Drive yourself to Salinas Memorial Hospital they are the best Hospital in the area and you can check in online prior to your arrival.

When I was 17 weeks pregnant in early December I came here due to some bleeding, it was my first pregnancy and I didn't know what to do so I went to the hospital, it was 1am and once we got there I had to wait like almost 2 hours, and i was the only one there, then after a long night the doctor was SCOLDING me for going to the ER for bleeding and telling me I shouldn't have come because of Covid and even if I was having a miscarriage there is nothing they can do (yea I fricken know that lady) and then started to keep going on about "oh when my kids get older I can't just take them to the er for little scrapes and bruises" like I really felt like that was unprofessional. My pregnancy was fine in the end and at the end of December when I was SEVERELY bleeding I took the hour long drive to Twin Cities in Templeton. I recommend going there instead. When I got there at 1am they instantly saw me right away and rushed to get me taken care of and the nurses and doctors were nicer and more professional. At mee memorial they had my husband wait outside the whole time and at Twin Cities that let him stay with me, as I was losing my pregnancy from preterm labor.

I do not normally write reviews but I find it more than fair to any institution to equalize the good and the bad. In April my older brother was taken to Mee Memorial King City Hospital for what we thought was something fairly minor, which turned out to be serious Covid19. I live out of town and have had many experiences with hospitals from UCSF all the way down the Peninsula. Naturally I was concerned if Mee Memorial would be the hospital equipped to handle my brother who has many other concerning health issues, however we were not in a position to move him to another hospital due to his rapid decline.
I can truly say the care my brother received, during his entire challenging month, was most likely far superior to what he would have received at hospitals that have all the bells and whistles at their disposal. This small rural hospital deserves the full respect of 5 stars or more given their limited resources and the terms and conditions of staffing.
There were so many hands-on nurses, doctors, therapists, care facilitators, etc.that I wish I could have met them all, but I would like to recognize in particular the kindness of Kim, Janelle, Tim, Ramona, Rick, Carol, Annette, Rueben, Dr. Osmani and so many others that were so caring during a difficult time for my brother and also for the family.
When I read some of the reviews of a nurse being harsh or perhaps a little rude, I can only say that in one month we never once experienced that sort of behavior, rather only gentleness and caring for a very sick patient.
It is my hope Mee Memorial continues in the positive trajectory we have experienced and that the entire community continues to support this small institution to its fullest capabilities.
Sometimes we look for good elsewhere, only to find it is in our own backyard.
Grateful - Esther Quement - The Morinini family

Slow, slow hospital service. Thank God I wasn't actually dieing at the time. There was only 2 people in the waiting room. Why were they still slow?

Had my covid vaccine here at MMH great experience, great customer service, everyone made me feel like home. Very organized. I give them 10000

I had an accident and cracked my ankle last Saturday I had surgery yesterday.
I met with Dr. Meadows on Monday she said I did need surgery. Yesterday was my surgery day and the staff and Dr.was so amazing. I love Dr. Meadows she was so patient and followed up with me today on my after care. There was many people in the operating room Mary was so kind and patient with starting my iv which I’m terrified of. Then there was Rick he helped me from the moment I came in till I went home he held my hand reassured me I will be ok helping me through it all he is such a caring soul I am forever grateful for him making me feel comfortable in a scary situation.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this hospital
Thank you again to all who took great care of me. Brenda

Positive experience all the way around! From the telephone conversation to walking straight into my Mom’s Covid vaccine appointment. Fast and efficient! Super friendly staff

I had a very great experience getti an MRI done for the first time by Liz and she was so awesome and guided me the whole way throughthank you mee memorial

The staff were amazingly gentle and kind. The vaccination process was made easy peasy! Thanks to all you do to the healthcare workers at Mee Memorial Hospital!