Ventura County Medical Center: Emergency Room - Ventura (CA)

1 /5 Sarah Millikin: DO NOT GO HERE FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE “Dr.” Daniel J Firer was horrid to work with. His actions were abhorrent. I went in for 3 medication refills. I was put in the hallway on a gurney, mind you it was not busy. I came in for 3 medications. I handed him my entire medical records files and showed him the prescription bottles that I needed refilled. He didn’t ask me my mental health condition, or anything actually. For one of the medications he said that “he wasn’t comfortable” prescribing a 2 week supply of an anti-depressant SARI, Which is a NON controlled substance. He handed back my file, without reading a word of it. He put it in my hand and I let it slip out. I didn’t know what to do. I asked to see the on call psychiatrist. There isn’t one there. Even though mental health is medical care. I was taken aback. I showed him the other 2 medications. I questioned him on why he wouldn’t fill the first one. I started to have a panic attack. I said that I wanted to leave and what did I need to do to finish up to get the scripts. He said “well, I’m at your service” and left. He came back and handed me back the bottles. He called them in to a pharmacy but he didn’t tell me which one. I asked him if he even knew my diagnosis. He cut me off and said that I was unprofessional, that he refuses to be talked to me further. I’m the patient, he’s the Dr. I’m not the one who needs to be professional. I was needing medical care and denied it. We had a 2 minute conversation. I didn’t raise my voice, I didn’t call names or curse. I questioned him. Period. DO NOT GO HERE.

1 /5 S Gomez: They should not be allowed to make you feel like a criminal by walking through security and having your bags searched. If this is an issue of safety they need to have this type of protection for schools, not hospitals. They will not take you if you refuse to scan through which is a lawsuit in itself for refusing medical treatment. You are automatically considered guilty of having contraband items before you even walk in. It’s insulting. If my doctor wasn’t a County doctor, I wouldn’t come here. CMH does not treat their patients like this. Go there instead if you can. VCMC ER is nasty ghetto.

5 /5 Trevor Morrison: Just felt like I had to leave a review after how efficiently and kindly I was treated at the ER today. I was in the most excruciating pain from a stingray sting and they still managed to find a way to help me laugh through it. All the staff was awesome, at least the nurses and all that. I was expecting to sit there for hours before being seen and I actually felt like the process was really efficient and didn’t keep me waiting for a long time to be cared for. Granted it was a bit more of a mellow day it seemed, but still! It’s a County Hospital - not always do they get the best reputation here, but my experience honestly shocked me enough to leave a good review of a hospital, so there ya go.

1 /5 Mcwain Kyle “R1N6MA573R”: Took gf here for chest pain, shortness of breath and lightheaded and after 5 hours still nothing from any of them. Will be looking in to filing lawsuit against this hospital for the multiple reviews this hospital has about basically the same thing. This place only cares about charging a boat load of money for garbage medical

5 /5 Amy: Attentive staff. Handled my needs well, I expected a 4-6hr stay & it was about that. Its an ER so thats typical. Got help when urgent care had closed. They called in meds to be picked up the next day as the pharmacy was closed by the time I was discharged. No complaints outside of the extremely small parking lot. I was lucky enough to get a spot but its about a 16 car max I believe.