Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

This is a small hospital where the population has outgrown the capacity of its services. However, the care here is exemplary. The staff is dealing with lack of space, a renovation, and many other problems yet deliver care with compassion. I have a complicated medical history and the ED doc actually knew about my rather rare conditions. I was treated with respect, kindness, and as much speed is possible. Don't believe the negative reviews - the people here are fantastic considering what the have to deal with.

Visiting our inpatient friend, we were enveloped in urine/fecal odor the moment we left the lobby and walked down the hallway; we found our friend sound asleep, bedpan next to his legs, full of poop, his genitals exposed. He obviously had managed to slide himself off the bedpan after no one came to assist him. The odor was overpowering. We chose not to awaken him in this humiliating circumstance, and headed to the nurse’s station to report the situation — which they surely could smell — the nurse chuckled, saying, “Really ? I can hardly believe it ,,, I was just in there !” We handed her the card to give to our friend and left.
Dignity ?
I think not!

The labor and delivery staff is amazing! I have had a few bad experiences with this hospital, but I just had a baby and I could not have asked for a better l&d staff to help me through the birth of my child! They were so loving, nurturing, and compassionate through the entire time that we were there. They genuinely cared for me and my baby and our well-being.

I would like to let everyone know how rude and much liars this hospital staff is and there security. My girl friend was admitted to the ER and I live 2 hours away and rushed up there as soon as i heard. On the way up there I called and asked if I could see her and what room. They told me yes come up and her room number. When i got there the security man seen me get shown to her room by a nurse and immediately said I cant be there and am not allowed. He didnt even know who i was and wouldnt give me a reason he was making me leave. Then he told me it was to late to have visitors, it was around 8pm and to leave i wasnt even allowed to wait to see if she was going to be released. They also shared personal information about my girl friend that effected her life for the worst. She never gave them permission to talk to anyone but yet we found out later that they had shared her test results and blood work with people that changed her life. I am appalled at how rude and dishonest these people were. Not only did they not care for her they made the people that cared about her leave. She needed me to be there for support yet she was isolated by there staff.

Extremely rude and incompetent staff. I laid in agonizing pain for several hours and I was treated with an over the counter Benadryl.
I walked out and hitchhiked to Marysville because I was in desperate need of medical attention.
I can't believe how rude and volatile the staff is. No compassion. No mercy. No medical care.
I use to really appreciate this hospital from the 70's to the mid to late 90's. That hospital has gone straight to hell and I'll never subject myself to their abuses again