Miller Children’s Hospital

This is the 3^rd or 4^th time I come here. The first time was many years ago when my youngest sone was diagnosed with RSV at 3 weeks. The entire team was amazing. My most resent visit was for an eeg, again for my youngest son that had a seizure on ³⁄₃₁. Once again I have nothing but good things to say. The entire staff is amazing, if they notice you don’t know quite where to go they will ask to help you for the janitor to the nurses. Everyone is super friendly and helpful. While at the IG Neurodiagnostic Center we were asked if we would like a blanket to keep my son comfortable. This is the go to place for any child needs. I don’t like taking my kids to the hospital but If there is a need to do so It will be Millers.

Communication? What’s that? My son is in NICU and was given a double dosage of his medicine all because a nurse failed to communicate with another nurse before he went on break. Lauren then had the audacity to act coy and blame the nurse nadie. Here we go… what are we in 5^th grade playing the blame game. You are RNs who are sent to take care of small fragile babies. We need to trust you. Beyond disguised tonight and I will cause a storm over the carelessness of these two nurse along with last nights nurse who didn’t feed our baby because he was asleep and didn’t wanna wake him. Through his whole eating off today. Just disgusted

Had my son here for a couple of weeks at the PICU. And all i got to say im happy eddie was his nurse most of the time. He was really good at taking care of my baby. he did a wonderful job. Thank you eddie!

Absolutely the worst. I may as well have taken my daughter to county hospital. No accountability or follow through. They don’t communicate with each other much less worried parents. When you finally do get a doctor to talk to you after endless hours of waiting, they roll their eyes and offer no apologies, just the old, «I understand why you are upset». Work on some bedside manners and have a little comparison. We are talking about children!

Amazing staff! Great Doctors, Nurses, Lactation Consultants, Room Attendants!
I had my baby girl on 11÷21÷15 and stayed 6 days at the hospital. I’m in love with Dr Cox for taking time help me get over my new mom worries about my baby’s well being. Dr Manning did a great job helping me deliver my baby healthy and without oxygen deprivation considering the water leaking and baby being stuck in birthing canal. Dr Smith (I think that’s his name — he is the one that uses word ‘sweetie’ or ‘darling’ — which made him feel personal and even more liked) amazed me with his work ethics — he took time to discuss my health updates and give his Doctorly advice (I mean he really was involved in the process unlike some Doctors do when you tell them about your worries/​symptoms). Thanks a lot Dr Smith!
Room attendants were very helpful as well. Especially one lady that was helping us the last couple of days (sorry I forgot her name that was a Black lady in her 40s — but totally looked younger than that).
Special Thanks to all the wonderful RNs (unfortunately I did not write down all their names and I was there for almost a week — that’s anywhere 12 – 14 nurses– here are just to name a few — Carole (with biker husband), Jane, Yi (I think– that was a skinny young Asian lady in her 20s), Desiree, White lady average height with glasses — sorry I didn’t write your name down). I am grateful to Wonderful people at NICU, who took care of my Dana. I was a little upset about the pacifier introduction and extra supplement feedings they gave to my child while I was struggling to latch her on but in retrospect I understand the supplement was necessary due to my child’s jaundice and I was able to latch my baby on week 6 after reversing her pacifier addiction.
Me and my husband appreciate all your (Everyone involved in our birthing journey) hard work, support, love and care! You guys Rock!
P. S. I stayed in a semi-​private room. But it totally felt like a private room as it was full size room and the only common areas were the hallway (corridor) to bathrooms and the exit door.
Food was provided by a vendor — Sodexo (I think I got it right) — food was bland and kind of on a colder side (I prefer my teas and soups boiling hot). The employees were great (outstanding customer service). But the menu has to be revisited. Seriously people! :) — food tasted like wet paper towels. Besides, women post delivery need more substantial food that will help with the milk supply. Again, this is a vendor and food was not a big factor that affected my overall opinion about my stay at this hospital.

My wife and i came in to the ER due to her having abnormal pregnancy symptoms @ 7pm. We had an ultrasound done around 830pm and we are waiting for the results to see if the baby and my wife are ok… its now 3am and counting. It shouldn’t take more than a couple hours to let us know what is going on. Never come to this ER.

Outstanding service from nurses and doctors.
We love this place! My son was transferred to this hospital to get treated for pneumonia. The nurses and doctors made sure my son gets the best treatment and he did. Very clean environment and the staff are always friendly and very helpful.

Worst experience ever! Being a transfer from a good hospital bc my insurance would be accepted here i gave it consideration because the comments had more good than bad. Worst mistake my son was on 48 hr watch bc he had a slight fever all test cane back normal and negative for serious illness. In fact he tested positive for common cold. So wonderful news we can leave soon right? Wrong. Dr aurora chen is a dimwit who doesnt know what the hell she is doing in the medical field. She wanted to continue running antibiotics on my son for a couple days for a cold and his normal baby rash looked like meningitis to her pressing for the stay i wanted a second opinion bc she sounded nuts! Sounded like they wanted to hospitalize my son and rack up the bill for medical. Insisting ee be discharged she threatened cps on me. I knew my rights that i may leave which i told her she said i sure can but shes keeping my son. No way did i trust my precious baby to this dimbat! We left after we talked to patients rights representative with our baby but low and behold she called cps on us for severe neglect had a sheriffs deputy come to the house also and investigation saying my other children at home are severly at risk for abuse bc i didnt agree with her medical advise stay away from here go to childrens la way better staff and drs!!!

My son was transferred to this hospital for an appendectomy, since there were no pediatric specialists at the hospital I had taken him to (through ER). He was hospitalized for 5 days and received nothing but exceptional care from everyone from the doctors and nurses to the staff in the playroom. I totally felt he was in great hands and trusted them with everything they felt they had to do to bring him back to good health. The hospital itself is very clean and up to date. The only thing I don’t like is the parking fee, which is 5 dollars per day. But I suppose it’s a small price to pay for great child health care, especially when your little one is sick.

I delivered here and had an overall wonderful experience post birth. The nurses & lactation consultants were all AMAZING. However, I took a star off for Dr. Batiya (spelling?). What an awful doctor. He ignored the nurses and walked away from me and my husband while still explaining procedures so we couldnt even hear half of what was said. How incredibly rude, and on top of that, we were going through a really scary situation and I ended up having to do an emergency c-​section so his behavior sent my anxiety through the roof. The man acted like he didn’t care and didn’t want to be there. He was disgustingly unpleasant. Ugh!
Aside from that ordeal, I had a wonderful experience post delivery. Being a first time mom, I was basically clueless but everyone was incredibly supportive and Helpful in guiding my husband and I. We ran into several problems breastfeeding, so the lactation consultants were contantly in and out of our room so we could take advantage of their services while we were there. I would def recommend Miller’s…just avoid Batiya if at sll possible. Ick!

Okay so there is like only 70 free standing children’s hospitals in the whole entire United States.
So…the poor reviews u see here are more due to the fact that people get insane when their kid is involved… not based on the quality of care provided. This place is top shelf… I would take my child here… that’s the best review I can give.

If you want your child misdiagnosed then send them to Miller children’s hospital. My child would of lost her life if UCLA didn’t find out what was wrong with her. My daughter went in there extremely ill and was sent home after a week and was told by the quack DR’s there that they don’t know what is wrong with her. After 3 months of suffering we found out her illness from UCLA. I will NEVER STEP A FOOT IN MILLER CHILDRENS hospital EVER AGAIN. If you love your family, you won’t send them there either!!!

My son, who is a type 1 diabetic, was admitted to this hospital last month. From the time we came in the emergency room to the time his was discharged, we received exceptional care. One of the emergency nurses happened to be a T1D also and understood what we were going through. He gave us some insight on how he handled his condition. Great advice. The other nurses in PICU and general floor were awesome too — Raylynn, Breyanna, Irene and Alex. They also had staff come around to explain certain things and offer amenities to help make our stay as postive as possible.
The hospital itself is very clean and modern. The cafeteria had a variety of food and I enjoyed the sandwich and salads I purchased.
Only gripe (you know I had to have one) was that parking is $ 5, but I know it cost more at some other hosptials. If you’re a parent of a hospitalized child, they should wave this cost (just my opinion).
Although I hope not to have any reason to come back here soon, I feel good knowing if we do, we’ll be given great care.

Clean, well staffed, friendly! The worst part is the cafeteria’s location and the food they offer, otherwise it’s a great place!

Dr. Leon Chen at Miller Children’s Hospital is a great doctor and an even greater person. I can honestly say that he truly cares about children and has a knack for working with them. This is his passion and it is obvious that he enjoys every second of it. I recommend him for any gastroenterological problems for you or your children in the OC or Long Beach area.

Was here yesterday with my daughter, I must say for the amount of people there were (it was packed!), the attended my daughter pretty quick. Checked in at 1pm and by 2:30pm she was already getting her chest xray. The only downside was due to it being so busy we did have to wait for a bed til about 5:30. The staff is very helpful and very nice.

Outstanding! My daughter spent 7 days at Miller Childrens Hospital with pneumonia. The nurses and doctors in the PICU and General floor were above and beyond fantastic, attentive, caring and well educated. We are so appreciative of their work.
Special shout out to Rachel, Marrisa, Eliana and Kim from the PICU, and Irene and Amie from the GF.

My brother spent almost a week in this hospital after he had the worst asthma attack he has ever had. It was very stressful and hard, but thankfully the staff at the Miller Children’s Hospital was extremely professional and kind and took excellent care of my little brother.
All the doctors and nurses were very patient with my brother and did everything they could to make him feel better. My mom was also very grateful at how kind everyone was.
Aside from the excellent care, the kindness of the staff made the difficult situation much better.

Hospitals are not a fun place to be, but whenever my girls are hospitalized, the nurses and child life attendants make every effort to help ease any pain by keeping them busy with fun activities.
The nurses in hemotology/​oncology as well as the nurses in the infusion center are wonderful. Not complaints here with this hospital.

I went this past weekend to visit my family friend’s baby who was in the NICU. I couldn’t believe the amount of security they have at this facility. If I was a parent with my baby here, I would definitely feel safe and comforted that someone can’t just come and snatch my baby (yes…I watch a lot of movies).
The nursing staff was kind and the facility was very clean.
My only complaint is the cafeteria. We got dinner there and I got the self-​serve pasta, breadstick, and corn. The pasta was barely warm and the breadstick was hard as a rock. We brought it back and they gave us packaged dinner rolls to replace it. They didn’t have butter unfortunately.