Dr. Mel K. Strange, MD 815 K Street, Hoquiam, WA 98550

"My family Dr. And I ont go anywhere else if I don't have to."

"Dr. Strange is a very rude uncaring unkind dismissive Dr. He does not listen to his patients and can be extremely arrogant and rude. Visits can take hours because your waiting for him to arrive or because he's always behind schedule. He does not listen to your concerns about your own body and does not give referrals when needed. Very rude man. After 29 yrs I finally left. So glad I found a new Dr. I suggest another Dr to anyone looking for care."

"Dr strange has been my dr for 30 years. I completely trust him for all my healthcare needs."

"Super friendly, staff seems to genuinely care, and offers helpful advice as I am a transplant locally. Cons: No Fridays (ouch), but really ouch after/near holiday weekends. Has modified medication and multiple times now changed/instructed the incorrect medications to be taken/not taken -- i.e. lost track of what was prescribed to me by the Dr, or represcribed wrong medication I was told to throw out, et cetera. When explaining an issue, which is already hard to do, I was met with what I took as a personal attack rather than a constructive approach of depressive symptom (qualification/quantification of lack of self-care changes), which was underscored the next visit by a recommendation to move away from the area, rather than treating me where I live and own a home. I wouldn't recommend a friend or family member be treated this way, and recommend an office which will not continuously lose track of what has been prescribed from their office each visit, as I have had to double check with others multiple times to help keep track of what medications I am on because I cannot trust the Rx. That's a bit risky for my taste. Having said that, the Dr genuinely cares and helped with my knee injury very well, and my general (non mental) health with exemplary bedside. I think some system updating and a tablet rather than physical charts, and an in house/close referral system for mental health patients who may need two frames of reference to help identify when a patient starts going nonverbal and an outsourced/virtual partial Friday would be really nice. I just do not recommend for patients exhibiting symptoms which may require ongoing primary mental health treatment appointments, or for multiple regular medication Rx. Definitely a family Dr, great opportunity to integrate technology to bridge the pain points."

"Dr. Strange has been my family Dr for 19 years. He's seen mysepf, all 3 of my girls since they were little, and my son since birth. He is thorough, doesn't push medications unless they are absolutely needed, he genuinely cares, and my favorite is that he actually talks to my kids when they are the patient instead of me as their mom in regards to their health. I moved off the harbor 3 years ago and he is still our Dr! I will continue to drive the hour to see him as long as he is practicing! I have had zero issues with scheduling or billing. The office is clean and well kept."