Santa Fe Indian Hospital: De La Vallee Cecelia A MD

I've never made a review, but I feel very compelled to write this. To reviewer number one, to say it's a semi functioning emergency room is like saying a dentist's office is a semi functioning orthodontist's office. SFIH has NOT had an emergency room since Santo Domingo took their funds away from the facility to start a Tribal facility. SFIH is a primary care facility that also has an urgent care where they see minor ailments, such as broken bones and lacerations. It is not an appropriate place to take someone for a true life or death emergency. As for the primary care offered, you mentioned getting a referral to a functioning facility. Referrals are... read full review

If you can get in to see the doctor, the doctors are great. It's just getting past the curt and completely unhelpful people who handle the intake that is a challenge. Go early in the day, otherwise you'll be alone for hours in an almost empty building. Currently they don't answer their appointment line directly. You leave a message and hope someone will call you back. There's no excuse for this. To the reviewer who writes, "I view my ability to utilize this facility as a privilege." It is *not* a privilege; it is a right, guaranteed by treaty. Indian Health Services are NOT free. My ancestors paid for this right in land and blood, and these... read full review

OK. there's a few things that you need to know if you come here... First off, ever since the Federal Government pulled the plug on the finances when it comes to the indigenous population of the USA, services have been cut, and you're kind of lucky to get any sort of treatment aside from aspirin for for being sick or anything. There's a semi-functional emergency room, but semi-functional is about it. HOWEVER, if you wait long enough and play the game right, you will get a referral to a functioning, or semi-functioning healthcare facility.... And if you, like me, are Native American, this will defray thousands upon thousands of costs down the road... Now... read full review