Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Unfortunately my stay here was a lot longer than I planned, almost 30 days.

But the medical care I required was provided in a very professional manor, and resulted in a favorable outcome for me.

The nurses at the hospital are some of the sweetist people I have meet.

They treated me with kindness, and compassionn that you would exspect if a family member was looking after you.

The food at this hospital is o

I was there twice in the last 2 months. My first stay was for 2 weeks in April 13-27. I was there for acute kidney failure. The attention from the staff was awesome! I was there long enough to experience many of the nurses and aids and ALL of them were polite, kind, understanding, compassionate, uplifting and their bedside manner was awesome. My room had an area where my wife slept and never left my side which obviously helped and comforted me in my treatment and recovery. The food was awesome. They managed my food according to my condition which also helped in my treatment and recovery. My next stay was last weekend. I had 2 surgeries but only stayed 2 days and the recent visit mirrored the first stay. I have nothing but high praise for Cottage Hospital it's staff and it's doctors and Surgeons. God bless them all!

I paid up front and in full for a surgery i had two years ago. I had a very clear conversation with the billing about the "up front" and "in full" and paid them prior to my surgery. To my amazment, a few months after the surgery i recieved a bill larger than the ammount i paid whoch depicted my bill as a "down payment." They even fradulently tacked on an insurance discount. I do not have insurance. If you can avoid this despicable and immoral institution get your surgeries done elsewhere. They will screw you.

Though it was a long stay, they were doing the best they could-given it was a pretty busy Tuesday night! I’m very appreciative of the good work they did and they helped me not panic and I got the help I needed. I would definitely go here if I needed it, even if it is a few miles farther than the Goleta hospital.

As a recent patient on 5 East please be aware of your rights. If your rights have been violated by the psychiatrist seek legal advice. Cottage Hospital needs to address this.