VA Medical Center-Bath

Send Facebook friend to Bernard-Mike Fowler. I will accept your request and you can read the good and the bad about my experiences with the VA Health Care System. I name names.

From out of town, needed help and even though I was told on the phone I needed approval to go there (that nobody seemed able to get) I went anyway. Went in with an attitude, but quickly calmed down by both a security officer who walked with me into facility, and the staff inside worked to make me feel sure I was going to be seen.They couldn't have handled me any better. I'm terrible with names, but the staff working 05oct22 evening were all fantastic

Maybe if you are an old man you will receive adequate care. As a younger woman that moved here from a nice VA, I am pretty disappointed. Having someone answer a phone is a miracle, the Women's Care" is in the exact same place as the men and they don't have a GYN anyway. They tried sending me to community care with a 2.8* rating 30min away for a routine pap. The Dermatologist made me feel very uncomfortable. The Orthopedics and Physical Therapy practice differently

I've been a patient at the Bath VA for 6 years, They have taken very good care of me. I refuse to go anywhere else. Sad that they can't keep workers here.

Appointments are pretty much always on scheduled time...

Hello just a note for today,well it's been a while since I've had a steady doctor at the elmira v,a clinic and it feels good. Someone you can count on to keep you healthy and who takes your problems to heart been a long time well it's good to have doctor ALIA seems to be all you would want in a doctor well I think I like him and I hope he sticks around ,good to have someone you can count on and that cares, especially for us men waith GOD Gift to men.!!!! LOL Prostate .and today3/27/2023 me as a veteran am thankful for the health care they provide for us veterans a time to be thankful and not to complain, I thank my country.

Some of the staff here is alright, this location is really understaffed, and doesn't offer much. Several of the employees here just dont offer much help. While some are alright, and some are even pretty good, their are some here that are just awful. The physical therapy here specifically is SUCH A JOKE. The physical therapist i got, LAURIE HAIGHT was absolutely TERRIBLE! She was over 25 minutes late for our appointment, depite me being on a fairly tight schedule, with my next appointment being on the opposite end of the facility, but still i had over an hour to work with her. She didnt seem to even notice that she was late either, no apology or acknowledgment of being late at all. On top of that she was very rude, and spent more time actually bickering with me, and reiterating that i should basically just 'Help Myself' at home, because she wasnt willing to do much for me herself at the facility. I told her what was and was not easy for me, but she was very insistent in blaming me for my pain, and telling me that i need to do the things that were not feasible for me to do. she basically just wanted me to do everything, for myself at home, without her having to do anything, even the things i told her were not working for me. She just kept arguing with everything i said, as if SHE were the patient, until i finally just had to stop responding to her because i had very little time before my next appointment. She basically just shut me down from the start, my prefrences or comforts were not acknowledged by her at all, i felt very ignored, and judged, and blamed by her. She wasted so much time arguing with me, then left to her office for another 20 mins, finally i had to tell her i needed to go so i wouldnt be late for my next appointment. Obviously showing up on time was not important to her, but to me it is extremely unproffessional to show up late and waste a patients time without any apology. She refused any further in person appointments, i agreed to a video appointment once more, to which again she was of no help again. I'd much rather not get any help at all than have to receive such unhelpful, unprofessional, degrading, disrespectful treatment

This is the worst treatment facility for veterans, I advice anyone looking for any form of help with mental health and/or addiction to go anywhere but here, the staff act entitled and above you, they do not realize they are there to help veterans heal and instead talk down to you, treat you like you’re less than. You are not treated as an adult who served this country, you are not given compassion and understanding. They are extremely rude and treat you like a convict in their facility. Do not let anyone counselor convince you into seeking help here.

My son was seen in urgent care and admitted for severe dehydration due to food poisoning while traveling through! He was given great care in UC and on the inpatient ward! He said the nursing staff were the best and so kind to him. It was a relief knowing he was being taken well care of when so far from home!

My son has been trying for weeks to get an appointment so he doesn't run out of his medicine. No one will return calls to set up his appointment. Not how a veteran should be treated that has anxiety and panic attacks.