My dad is an Alzheimer's patient. I drove an hour to pick up my dad to take him to his appointment…read more The directions on maps sent us to the wrong building. By the time I got him back into the car and went to the correct building we were exactly 12 minutes late. When I checked in I was told that we were 12 minutes late and that we would not be seen. Even though I tried to explain that maps had sent us to the wrong building (a problem they confirmed they were aware of), I tried to explain that I had taken off of work and driven from Fort Lauderdale for the appointment. They simply did not care. Had we made it on time we probably would have not been seen prior to 15 minutes. To add insult to injury our previous appointment had been cancelled due to the Dr. having a family emergency. While we completely understood that she had an emergency they did not understand that we were 12 minutes late on account of being lost. Disgraceful!

wouldn't answer an important question after my mom got out of the hospital until she was seen which…read morewas going to be over a month away and she had just seen her a month prior. and you're always seeing a practioner or assistant bc she's never ther.

reviews just now…read moreNew I want to share with everyone the care I received from the time of admission to the time of departure first of all my surgery was amazing the greatest surgical team I ever had everything went well better than expected when I arrived back to my private room on 4 south I felt all of the employees were the angels of jfk let me mention a few that went over and above we have Yolanda, Ketty ,Marie , Abigail, Claire, Leticia, Shari, Frances, and Erlinda I hope they know the care they gave to me was so meaningful thank you is not enough my stay was so meaningful and let me not forget the outstanding Food Department I couldn't wait for the next meal to come Delious, Nutritious and eye appealing I ate everything I can't say enough about what a wonderful hospital JFK Is to our Atlantas Community. Sincerely, Ms. Susan D. Ling

A man experiences severe back pain, so bad that he cannot get out of his truck or walk and calls…read more911. EMTs pick him up & give fentanyl on the way to JFK Main ER. He arrives at the ER & vitals are taken. According to the medical records, the pain "started at work after heavy lifting". The man never got out of his truck, never made this statement. (Record also states he is a "current every day smoker". The man has never smoked a cigarette in his life.) They send him for a CT scan, which just shows some degenerative changes". The nurse sticks a lidocaine patch on his back. Then no one comes to see him. A nurse walks by & a family member asks has anyone taken his BP recently. Her reply,"Did you ask him?", meaning the patient. What kind of snarky response is that??? The ER was not busy, but the patient, with the fentanyl wearing off, is now extremely uncomfortable. The ER physician, Dr. S comes in to tell the patient he's being discharged. The family member tells the doctor that the patient complained of urgency & painful urination that morning. The doctor tells them to go have his prostate checked. NO LABS WERE DONE. A simple urinalysis would've shown that the patient had a UTI. There was tenderness in the right lower back area. But Dr. S ignores this and sends the man home. T - temperature (normal) I - Infection (painful urination) M - Mental Decline (patient was anxious & "tired" by discharge) E - Extremely Ill (patient felt the worse he's felt in his life with severe pain) TIME - the signs of SEPSIS. In fact, during the Severe Sepsis Screening, male RN SG, documented YES on the heart rate, which was 128 on admission, & 127 on discharge. DO NOT GO TO THE ER at JFK MAIN. Some pee in a cup. Just a simple CBC. These tests were never done & would've shown that this man had sepsis. Instead, he was discharged. By the head of the ER. After only an hour being home, the man was taken by his family to their local hospital where immediately a sepsis alert was called. An E coli infection from the urinary system... He was admitted & started immediately on IV antibiotics. Remained in the hospital, where they also discovered a mass on the patient's bladder. Cancer. A complaint against Dr. S was filed with the FL DOH. But HCA has a lot of money & great lawyers. Nothing is on record about the complete oversight by Dr. S. He gets to practice emergency medicine forever. This hospital was once known to be the best cardiac hospital in PBC. Since HCA took over, it is not #1 anymore. Even their top cardiothoracic surgeon got the heck out of there. AVOID. AVOID. AVOID.

lost my father because of the negligence of the staff at Select Specialty Hospital. He went in…read moretalking, alert, and recovering from diverticulitis surgery -- only needing help learning to manage his wound vac and ostomy bag. On Mother's Day, I walked in to find him gasping for air. The nurse told me "he's fine, he's been like that for two hours." He was not fine -- he was in respiratory distress and ultimately suffered an anoxic brain injury that led to his death. My sister, an ER nurse 1,800 miles away, had to direct the code team through FaceTime because they didn't know what to do. The hospital later altered records 17 times after the incident. There was no accountability because Florida's "Free Kill Law" prevents families from suing if their parent is unmarried or has no dependents. Please think twice before trusting this facility with your loved one -- what happened to my father should never happen to anyone.

This review is probably unique because I am the patient. This is my firsthand account. I came to…read morethis hospital very sick. I was at JFK, where I coded and was on many machines. I had issues with my breathing and I was too weak to work with therapy. I came to Select to get better. While I was here I had a respiratory crisis and needing a tracheostomy and a ventilator. I had to be seen by doctors everyday and taken care of in the ICU for a couple of weeks. Little by little I began to improve and breath more on my own. I started working with physical, occupational and speech therapy. It took a couple of months and this place helped me get back to my life. I am able to walk, talk and eat on my own again. I get to home now and I am thankful for that. There are so many people I want to thank for making a difference in my stay. Almost all the nurses were fantastic. Kelly & Katie made me feel like I was a family member and Demi, Magdal and Daphnee were always on point. The respiratory therapists helped me to get back to breathing.... Terrill and Phillippe were some of my favorite RTs. Eddie In Physical therapy helped me to get up walking again. It became a routine to get coffee myself with PT once I was walking... fyi, Sarah Makes the Best coffee. There are so many other people who made an impact on my stay that I am thankful for. Select is the place to go if you value your life.

Comprehensive Care and pain Management is an awful practice. I had to go through a bunch of…read moreprocedures to get my desired result. Dr rasheki did not listen to what I said initially. There are many people working in the office. The appointments I've had in the past, I was unfortunately seen by a PA. Dr sheki is young and so are most of her assistants. With age comes experience. No one answers a phone. When I call to make an appointment they then text me to chat with them. It's a very impersonal way of doing business. I've questioned them many times "does anyone here ever pick up a phone?". When I showed up for an appointment, they told me that my appointment had been canceled. They told me they called me, checked my phone and no call was received by them. This is just an awful organization and practice. Do yourself a favor, go someplace else!

Dr. Goldfarb, is very caring in taking care of his patients. When I need my procedures, we discuss…read morethem and he tells me what to expect and what I need to do after the procedure. To prevent any issues. 1 time I didn't listen and paid the price. So I always follow his instructions. He has made my life much easier, not as much pain but 100xs better than I was.