Hathorn Alfred W Jr MD

This place should be shut down! Not only is it disgustingly dirty but the staff and doctor seem highly incompetent. My husband brought our daughter for a check up where they gave her shots that where not needed for at least a few more weeks. She had just had vaccinations 4 weeks prior. There is suppose to be an interval of 2 – 4 months between vaccinations. When my husband asked about it they brushed him off and gave the shots anyways. When he came home i found a paper they sent him home with that had a «Cows Milk Allergy» as a medical diagnosis that was signed by the doctor. Not a single person said a word to my husband about this diagnosis so we tried to call back up there to see what that was about. After calling for 30 minutes someone finally answers and puts my husband on hold. He was on hold for 42 minutes before he hung up. We continued to try and call back from 3 different phones at the same time and did not get an answer for almost 2 hours. 2 HOURS it took to get someone back on the phone. I asked the lady on the phone about the Milk Allergy and she told me yes she had a milk allergy. I then asked what testing they did to come up with that conclusion and she then said… «oh wait this must be a mistake» (a mistake that was signed by Dr. Hathorn) and i said «so is this a mistake for sure or is my child allergic to milk? Thats kind of something i need a solid answer on don’t you think?» and she got really snappy with me and told me how severely understaffed they are. So I went up there with the paper and asked them to explain why i was sent home with a handwritten medical diagnosis that was signed by the doctor that is apparently a «whoopsie» and i wanted to know why my daughter was given vaccinations that she was not needing at the time. They sent me back to the doctor who was sitting in what appeared to be an old closet that was converted into an «office». I try to speak to him and he just starts talking over every word i try and say. He is rude and pompous. He tells me that she doesn’t have a milk allergy and the nurse tells me they write that on the WIC forms sometimes because they need a diagnosis to put. (mind you, I did not need nor did I ask for WIC and it all boiled down to that they were trying to diagnose her with something so they could rake in government benefits using my childs name. no joke) and then once we got past that and i tried to get a word in edgewise, I asked about her vaccinations. Before i could finish my sentence about how there are regulations on the intervals between vaccinations for the safety of the children, (2−4months between vacs) he says «almost 5 weeks is close enough…» CLOSE.ENOUGH. then he proceeds to tell me my daughter is underweight and that i need to feed her vienna sausages to «fatten her up»… Which turned me off severely bc I’m getting healthy weight advice from a doctor who weighs well over 400 pounds. Just this whole experience was horrific. and the sad part is… this is not an isolated experience. My husband lost his job recently and I work at a non profit so until he finds a job with proper insurance we have to resort to sketchy health providers like this and so does other parents who just want healthy children. Surely not all medicaid doctors are like this but Dr. Hathorn is one. Our system is broken… i get it. But my child’s health should not be at stake. DO NOT USE THIS DOCTOR.