The FHCSD Watchdog

Sometimes, we have to suppress our disgust when writing up these reports by citizens outraged at the extreme incompetence at FHCSD.  There was a flood at the Spring Valley clinic but the staff didn't bother calling anyone who…

A current Clinical Therapist working for the Family Health Center of San Diego (FHCSD)  has revealed what anyone who has tried to use their mental health services knows all too well: that the management of the FHCSD mental healt…

A former employee at FHCSD has reported that as a Case Manager they received very little training and almost no support from management.  The pay was low and there were high expectations so the environment is "very stressful…

Again confirming the way therapists working in the mental health department of FHCSD love to give or change a "diagnosis",  a reviewer using the screen name Messi Sauce reports that a therapist there disregard his conce…

Barbara Frank reported rude and unprofessional behavior by staff on the FHCSD Google reviews page, and says she would not recommend this facility to anyone with actual health issues.  FHCSD - Google - main - not for patients need…

April G. of Chula Vista reported that she had already waited for more than an hour and still hasn't received her COVID vaccine.  She expressed a sentiment countless others have expressed in trying to get even the most basic …

An FHCSD patient using the brand name "Auto Mechanic Channel" reported that an employee named "Emma" became so angry after she was asked a question about insurance that they had to tell her to calm down.  Whi…

A patient at the El Cajon clinic reported rudeness for asking a simple question about insurance and had to ask this FHCSD staff member to "calm down".   While the employee eventually started doing her job, they decided…

Nina S, posting on Yelp, has given a horrific account of her attempts to get prenatal care at FHCSD, where she instead encountered incompetence, arrogance. rudeness. outright lying and what we need start calling a criminal waste …

Carlos Hernandez made the mistake so many of us have made - of trying to get mental health care from Family Health Centers of San Diego and then concluding that FHCSD has "trash mental health services".  He reports that…

It seems a great number of employees leave FHCSD in bad blood.  A former case manager posted on the Indeed employer review site of getting no support after 90 days and worse than that, management "gets upset if you ask ques…

A former recruiter in the corporate offices gives us an insider's view of the corporate culture and attitude at FHCSD: "work them like a dog and pay them pennies".  This recruiter calls it "the worse example o…

Continuing their callous disregard for the time of their own patients- including hardworking parents like Rubi Fernandez and son who reported that the FHCSD Diamond Neighborhoods clinic had delayed appointments three times in a s…

Is FHCSD even trying to pretend they are a community healthcare center anymore?   They have received failing grades from Charity Navigator - an organization that rates charitable institutions, which FHCSD claims to be.  As this o…

Erika Mata reports on Google places that she was expected to return for another appointment if she had questions during her doctor's visit - most likely so two bills could be generated to Medi-Cal.   FILE: FHCSD - 12 - Google…

Another post about the extreme danger of using Family Health Centers of San Diego for any kind of mental health services can be found in this horrifying report an FHCSD patient made on Google Places prior to the pandemic.  This p…

A Family Health Center of San Diego (FHCSD) patient, Stephanie Nonya, posted a review on Google Places late last week alleging that an employee of FHCSD, Harmeet Agroia  (license  10829 ) has been  harassing people on Facebook by…

A Family Health Center of San Diego employee who worked as a Patient Services Representative last year confirmed what we have heard others report - that this organization will retaliate against employees who complain or offer con…

The extreme risk of going to FHCSD for any kind of medical care can be found in this post by Vikram Bhardwaj.   Mr. Bhardwaj went to FHCSD for routine vaccinations for his son in May of this year - he is not an anti-vaxxer.   As …

In a devastating and brutally honest review posted on the review site "Indeed" by an employee at  FHCSD, we learned something we already knew - that FHCSD judges employees almost solely by their ability to "do the …

A post made by a former mental health clinician at Family Health Centers for San Diego confirms what we have been hearing elsewhere-  that FHCSD employees are expected to leave after about two years and the organization has been…

Barbara Frank reports that she was forced to spend the night in the hospital after trying to get help from three "incredibly rude" FHCSD staff members.  She says she believes something many of us have thought - that the…

A patient going by the screen name "K.S." reported on Yelp that he had a "horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible, experience after visiting the FHCSD El Cajon Clinic.  As is often the case, he reported gross medica…

FHCSD patient Andrea Kruza said she has never experienced such judgment and "extremely rude" and argumentative behavior from FHCSD staff psychiatrist Darinka Aragon after her previous mental health services provider Tar…

Another patient. Jeremiah S,  has reported on Yelp of an unnecessary dental procedure at the FHCSD dental clinic in City Heights - this time a tooth extraction.   If these allegations are true - especially if they were performed…

Mario Murvic reports that bookings for his successful mental health program that he got through Aetna was hijacked by FHCSD.  He doesn't say exactly what happened but we can assume they botched his medication since he says th…

One of the real tragedies of the FHCSD mental health department is how they have totally failed in providing "first responder" services to residents desperately seeing mental health help only to be blown off by this ho…

Patient Robert Bunelo reports getting dumped by FHCSD because they didn't have any physician qualified to prescribe the medications he needs.  Still another example of FHCSD absurd lie about "not turning anyone away"…

FHCSD Watch learned today that the dysfunctional Mental Health Department of FHCSD is forcing its mental health patients to sign a written agreement that they will not show "anger" if they display that emotion during a…

Showing a shocking disregard for the health and safety of its own patients, FHCSD apparently ignored this patient desperately trying to see his cardiologist there who he has still never met in person.  FILE: FHCSD- Google - El Ca…

A resident, obviously in distress, was blown off multiple times when he called FHCSD asking for mental health help.by calling FHCSD FHCSD - Google - Downtown - mental - anxiety

Tony C, had experience with other healthcare providers so knew something was wrong after being given the repeated runaround in trying to schedule ultrasounds - something we have heard from many other FHCSD patients.  She rightly …

A patient going by the screen name "Tootired ty" reports a bizarre incident that somehow is commonplace at FHCSD,  He was referred by the clinic in Spring Valley to Logan Heights for a medical service and, after waiting…

While a few review sites recognize the importance of letting patients freely express their views, some do allow organizations that have something to hide - like FHCSD - to have posts removed on technicalities or worse for "s…

FHCSD claims it "never turns anyone away" but that is not even close to being the truth and it is amazing that they still get away with it.  From another post, we know that this man was seeking mental health help but a…

An executive assistant who recently left FHCSD reports what many other employees say: it has a horrible work environment and management will retaliate against any employee who tries to improve the situation.

Harmony Kushman wrote this disturbing post in late May of this year.  She observes as many others have, that this organization does not care if you are out of medications, or are in pain, or have a hard time getting there due to…

Short and to the point, two different women visiting the Logan Heights Family Health Center reported extremely long waiting times.  Leslie Mejia reports an almost three-hour wait where she did NOT even get to see a doctor, while …

More callous disregard for the time of patients who travel to Family Health Center of San Diego clinics for their health care needs can be found it this review Diana C. made on Yelp about the Logan Heights Clinic: "I've…

A patient at the Gateway clinic has understandably said that FHCSD \provides "the worst health service to their patients" after they ignored a patient's desperate calls to get critical medications for his Mother.  …

Marcia Grey reports that a doctor at the Hillcrest Family Health Center was dismissive of a serious medical issue.  He was "arrogant, sarcastic, rude" and said something "highly inappropriate" to her.   FILE:…

A patient who posted on Google a few days ago perfectly sums up the dysfunction at FHCSD:  "If you have an issue, the nurse never calls back, if you have a simple refill you have to have an appointment, if they are booked, y…

Patient R. Tomascik reports on Google a three-hour wait in FHCSD "urgent care" begging the question:  does FHCSD even know the difference between "urgent' and "walk-in"? FILE:  FHCSD - Google - Logan …

Cathy Chandler FHCSD Logan Heights patient warns "this place will try to kill you" by refusing to refill preventative medications FILE: FHCSD - Google - Logan - kill - 2021

After two years, a patient says Beach Area Family Health Center is the "worst facility" with staff and doctors who "don't care"  FILE: FHCSD - Yelp - beach - don't care.png

Patient Jala K. reported on Yelp about the rude staff and long wait at the Logan clinic.  It was her first time and she "will never come back".  This is just one more sad reminder about the people who don't have tth…

After years of trying, patient David B. says they have never been able to diagnose or treat anything successfully even once - he calls them "a failure and a joke" and a "disgrace to the medical industry.  His most…

With all the horrible reports we are finding and organizing here, including new ones we receive almost daily, this has to be one of the worst.  An FHCSD dentist told a parent that their four-year-old daughter's canal - an ex…

A Patient going by the screen hame Hunter H reports on Yelp about over-crowded and unprofessional treatment at the City Heights Clinic. In addition, he experienced poor phone support and doctors who didn't seem to know what t…

We are seeing more courageous people report on the dangerously dysfunctional mental health department at Family Health Centers of San Diego, but increasingly it is seeming that this service exists primarily as a way for FHCSD to…