The South Bend Clinic

Dec 2023

was so uncomfortable. Main dr who's a jerk kept saying well we're not gonna know in 30 mins.WGEN DID I SAY I NEED TO KNOW IN 30 MINs.Everytime i had a question. The nurses didn't even wash their hand when handling patients. literally w work place of idiots and indian men who think that just cause it's a different accent makes him better. like no i can't understand you and you can't understand me and that's fine but don't get frustrated with me WHEN YOU ARE LITERALLY THE PROBLEM TOO. when he came in with the translator on phone she didn't even understand him. like He Should be embarrassed not try to make other feel dumb for his own problems. and I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH...read full review

Nov 2023

My wife had a Free Medicare Annual Wellness Visit with Dr. Rita Schmid (not to be confused with a physical exam). When the bill arrived, it was not free. We sought to understand why. We were passed around from Christine Saitz to Jody Conkey to Valerie Frick. Then amazingly the bill amount went up, then down, then down some more. But no one was able to answer my question. We just gave up and paid the bill. The story's moral is that a Free Medicare Annual Wellness Visit comes at a price. :-)

Aug 2023

What is happening to The South Bend Clinic? I heard it is due to the corporation that purchased them. All about the numbers & the money. What a shame after all these years. I have been a patient since the day I was born being cared for by Dr. Erickson from the Pediatric dept. I am now 65 yrs old. All I know is that a large number of very knowledgeable & caring physicians have left over the last year. I have lost 2 endocrinologists in the past 7 months & today I learned that my PCP is leaving the end of August. No notification, but just happened to call about about an ultrasound that the endocrinologists had ordered. What an unpleasant surprise, especially since that's who I was directed to for my endocrinology needs. I love the Radiology dept, the Allergy/Asthma dept & the Rehab dept & the non-existant Endocrinology dept. SBC has taken care of me all of my life. But they also took care of my children, my parents. I have referred many people to SBC, but now I am at a loss. They have a brand new lab & I was so excited that they were going to become the new Community lab after The South Bend Medical Foundation sold the diagnostic portion of their 100+ yr old business to LabCorp. Obviously it"s just another big corporation taking over, nothing to do with Community care. So sad. If I am wrong I would love to be proven incorrect. Why are all of these highly knowledgeable & caring Physicians leaving SBC?