UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

Lovette Enciso

My son had his Norwood procedure done here at just 3 days old . They had some of the sweetest most caring nurses I have ever met…we spent our whole entire stay in the PICU while my baby recovered from open heart surgery we did experience some scary situations but received the best care out there!

Monica Gray

I have had a horrible experience as a caregiver and as a patient of this hospital throughout the years. Holding this teaching hospital accountable for grave medical errors and unethical conduct resulted in retaliation.

Lola Banana

Left wanting to cry. The nephrologist Dr. Yadin has allowed her ego get in the way of doing her job and being a good Dr. I don't question if she's a good Dr., I bet she is. But her ego is keeping her from being able to even be the Dr she is capable of being and desperately needs to be. She didn't listen to anything we were trying to say. She would cut us of three words into a sentence and disregard what we were saying or respond to what she assumed we were going to say. She would tell us our child was not having the symptoms we know she is having that we tried to say she was having but was either cut off or it was ignored completely. She told us fever was in way a symptom of kidney issues and that is not true. She told us our child's kidneys were normal healthy working kidneys without any blood work to go off or even looking at the ultrasound that showed there was an issue. I am blown away by our experience and was expecting so much more from everything we have always knows about UCLAs hospital and Dr.s. We spoke to another pediatric nephrologist through a family friend over the phone. Just to clarify a few things because we are so worried and left so confused on what to do now after being told by Dr. Yadin that there is no problem and it's not kidney related. The Dr we spoke with just over the phone said from the ultrasound report and the symptoms he advised us to immediately take our child to the ER and disregard Dr. Yadins beyond irresponsible conclusion. And immediately report her for medical malpractice if indeed something is seriously wrong. That's the last thing we want to do. All we want is a Dr. who cares enough to listen and look before thinking they know if there is not a problem. It might not matter to her if she is wrong but this is our child and her life and well being is our number one concern.

Michelle Magbaleta

Our son needed open heart surgery. This place was amazing. I was very happy with the attentiveness & caring staff in the ICU dept. Made the horrible situation alot easier to accept and deal with. Thank god everyday for such a blessing to be able to have had the surgery at this place.