Avera Brain & Spine Institute

"Nothing like being shooed out of the clinic while sobbing by the nurse and being denied testing or treatment. I even gave Dr Shaikh the likely diagnoses which are often comorbid with my main health issue, and the only thing he could come up with was blaming it on my mental health (mental health causes severe neck and lower back pain now kiddos /s) and posture (nevermind bad posture is a symptom of one of the comorbid diagnoses)? Thanks for nothing"

"Don't go here is your BMI is above normal. They just look at the numbers and not the person. Turned my husband away from surgery due to BMI. Didnt consider that he works on construction, loads heavy equipment and volunteers on the local fire department."

"I called yesterday and sat on hold for 55 minutes and no one ever answered the phone so I got frustrated and hung up. Then I called this morning and they said they needed a referral from a previous doctor in order to be able to schedule an appointment. They have an MRI and an X-RAY that was sent to them and it shows the issues that I am having and why I am in so much pain. They told me when I had the pictures sent to them that they would look them over and get back to me. I never got a call. Now they are telling me that they need a referral from a previous doctor but They refuse to call the doctor to talk to him and they refuse to make an appointment based on the MRI and XRAY that they have in their hands. I am extremely unhappy with this “Specialty Clinic.”"