Kindred Hospital South Bay

"Our son was transferred to Kindred by ambulance after a stay at USC hospital after he was hit by a truck. He was very ill but alert when he was transferred. Within a few days he was very sick and in a semi coma. We kept asking what is wrong. Finally on day 4 we insisted before Kindred was even open for him to be transferred to Torrance Memorial ICU. When he arrived there they found that at Kindred he was fed into his abdomen instead of his stomach. He was in septic shock and we were told he probably would not live. They did emergency surgery and removed 8 liters of feeding from his abdomen. That caused him to be in the ICU for three months, many surgeries, infections and set backs. In total he was in the hospital for a total of 8 months. I feel the non care he received at Kindred cost him and us greatly. I didn't want to give any stars."

"Horrible Hospital, this is a slaughter house! Lets begin with the nurses, most of them are just there for the little check. While my father was there, I saw how one man next to my dad was in agony, no one came to check on him for a very long time until I told them to go do something. The next day he was gone, but another older man took his place, he pooped on himself and he told one of the black nurses, she had a horrible attitude and ignored him. She left and did not come back to change him, some one else came after about 40 minutes. Another day, another patient was getting dialysis, the nurses left the machine unattended and the machine spilled water and blood all on the floor, there was a pool of bodily fluids all in the room where my father was. I asked for my father to be transferred into another room. There were a few rooms unoccupied, but they refused to transfer him out of there. Also, for some reason the hospital wrote on my father's records that he was homeless, my father is not old and he doesn't look homeless, he looks healthy and clean, always. My father suffers from CHF and he has a pacemaker for a few years now, someone in the hospital ordered for him to get 3 full bags of IV fluids, back to back, I was not aware of that until my father told me. I'm no doctor and even I know that HF patients who receive IV fluids are associated with worse outcomes. My father was admitted to this thing called a Hospital walking and eating normally and was discharged after about 3 weeks barely able to walk, super bloated, immense discomfort for over 10 whole months. We thought he was not going to live any longer. My father has always had strong will power and he never gave up, he is 6'2" very burly and healthy. He went from having a healthy strong weight to almost bone. He suffered thanks to the incompetent Imbeciles (doctors & nurses) at this place! I advice to not allow your loved ones in here, transfer them out of this hell hole as soon as possible. My father got lucky, he is back strong in his 7 bedroom home (not homeless). And if you try to sue them, they will hit you with their arsenal of lawyers since this is a private hospital, much harder to sue if you don"t already know. I am offering you all my family's sad experience, I hope you all take heath and get your loved ones out of this place."

"My mom was recently discharged from here after 3 weeks. Everyone here were so nice and professional, from the CNA's to the Rn's and the physical therapist were amazing even the case manager. Although I'm not good with names, I remember Frank, Carlos and Ebony. Thank You Kedred for nursing my mom back to her baseline health ❤️"

"I had a pleasant experience and the only place I felt better than this was at the Children’s Hospital 50 years ago. The nurses and the patient advocate made my experience here great. The nurses would bring me whatever I needed, they were very attentive and everyone had a great work-ethic here. When I needed pain medication they explained everything and was so helpful. These guys were great! I would highly recommend"

"Some of the nurses here need to improve their bedside manner drastically and some of them really don’t need to be here. I only saw the doctor very briefly a total of three times within the two weeks I was there. The third and the last time he came to my room I was using the commode and asked him to give me a moment to finish up and he just walked off and never came back even upon my discharge. However, there were some nurses who really made me feel like family. Cathy was one of them, she always came to say hi and gave me a hug even when I wasn’t her patient for the day. Frank V was also very helpful, kind and had a great personality. Tricia from lab always did a great job taking my blood and was always concerned and caring. Her personality is great too. There was also a staff member named Emmanuel in EVS who went above and beyond to thoroughly clean my room. He made sure everything was disinfected very well! And lastly I must mention the patient advocate from administration. She was very kind, helpful and caring. She made me feel so comfortable throughout the whole process and let me know she’s by my side and actually showed up to prove it. Thank you all."