Dayton Children's Hospital

Autumn

2 months ago

★★★★★

DONT take your child here if you care about them. They kill children!!! I wouldn’t even take my DOG HERE. Dr. Vipul K Garg who was over seeing Dr. Michael Bamisile in the Dayton Children’s ER sent my son home to die TWICE & left him with permanent brain damage!!! I took my son Darren to Dayton Children’s Emergency Room on July 6 & July 7, 2025 due to him being in so much pain and having labored breathing, fatigue & not wanting to eat or even walk JUST to be told twice that I’m crazy and he is just constipated. HOW DO YOU FAIL TO DIAGNOSE HEART FAILURE AND SAY HE IS CONSTIPATED???? Mind you, when a patient with an extensive medical history (5 open heart surgeries) comes into your emergency room, you should double & triple check that YOUR DIAGNOSIS IS CORRECT but they didn’t run one single test. His oxygen wasn’t even taken on the second day that I took him. They looked at him and said “he’s constipated” TWO DAYS IN A ROW. but had they done a simple X-ray to actually make sure that he was “constipated”, they would’ve found that his heart was so enlarged & his lungs had fluid in them from him being in heart failure or had they done an EKG that would’ve seen that his heart was failing or had they taken his oxygen they would’ve seen that he was sitting in the 80’s which is NOT normal for him but instead they made me think I was insane and told me that he was just constipated. So they prescribed laxatives & sent us home 2 days in a row. During these two days my son was dying. My son went into heart failure due to a blood clot that he had developed in his heart. He continued to get more and more sick so when we ended up taking him to a DIFFERENT hospital (Cinci Children’s) on the evening of July 7th, they immediately knew that he was in heart failure & that his lungs had fluid in them due to his heart failing (shown in xray image) because what did they do? An EKG and Xray and also monitored his oxygen which was sitting in the 80’s. But Dayton Children’s did not even monitor his oxygen, do an ekg or do an xray. They did nothing except send my son home to die because had we waited a few more hours to take him to A DIFFERENT hospital, he would not be alive. Days following, Darren had to be given TPA (a medication used to break up blood clots) to break up the blood clot in his heart and we didn’t even know if that was going to work because it only works when started shortly after the blood clot develops AND WE WASTED A WHOLE 48 hours GOING TO DAYTON CHILDRENS. & by the grace of God, the TPA worked. BUT the blood clot had gotten so big (in the 2 days that he was “constipated”) that it broke up & went to my son’s brain 3 times (shown in brain scan image) My son had 3 strokes. My son recovered from his heart failing but has permanent brain damage. He has PERMANENT deficits due to “bEiNg coNstiPaTeD” - MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE by Dr. Garg and Dr. Bamisile. HE IS PERMANENTLY DISABLED.

Chloe Meyer

3 months ago

★★★★★

The billing department is rude. I have been trying to tell them that my insurance said they entered the wrong CPT codes and all Dayton Children's wants to do is argue with me about it. Im not paying a bill that's not out responsibility. They won't even try to talk to my insurance. I had to file a grievance against them. And to top it all off I have to call them again for a different bill because the doctor used the wrong Tax ID number. I wish I could take my child back to Cincinnati Children's instead of having to travel to a place with unpleasant employees.

Kasey

4 months ago

★★★★★

0 stars. Go anywhere else. My experience with Dayton Children’s Psychiatry Department has been extremely disappointing, and I would not recommend this clinic to any parent seeking meaningful mental health support for their child. Communication is poor and, in my experience, heavily shifted onto parents with unrealistic expectations. I was told that it is the parent’s responsibility to constantly check MyChart for letters or updates, and that no notification is required when something is added. That means important information can be placed in the chart without any alert, and if you miss it, it is entirely on you. Even more concerning, when attempting to change providers due to fit and concerns for my child’s needs, I was made to understand that the only acceptable change is for scheduling purposes. On top of that you are only allowed to switch providers one time, which also is not told to you. If you try to request a provider better suited for your child, it can result in dismissal from the clinic rather than collaboration or flexibility in care. I have also filed a formal grievance regarding my experience and I suggest other parents with same frustration to do the exact same. Overall, I felt dismissed, unheard, and like the focus was not on my child’s well-being or finding the best possible fit for care. Based on my experience, I strongly recommend families look elsewhere for psychiatric support rather than Dayton Children’s Psychiatry.

Morgan Konecny

5 months ago

★★★★★

The staff is nice. We came here when our child was born because he swallowed meconium and the staff was super nice, the drs seemed to rush explaining stuff but the nurses took time to explain it to us with was great. Then we had to come back 3-4 more times over a 9 month period to try and get our child circumcised. We live an hour away and 3 out of 4 apts were 5 mins which was irritating. One was literally to look at him and say okay good to get surgery then we had to wait another month to do it. Then we get here for the surgery which we have to arrive an hour early (which we did) and we were sitting in the room for 30+ mins while our child is hungry and having a melt down. We were scheduled to have the apt at 11 but they are running behind so our child feels like he is starving and we can’t do nothing about it because they are behind. No one came to talk to us about when or how long or anything which was upsetting considering I know they hear our child screaming. Not impressed.

Treasure Diamond

5 months ago

★★★★★

Children’s Hospital is a 10 out of 10. As a self taught herbalist my kids do not ever get sick because I make sure they eat their medicine. I’ve never had to take them for an emergency but yesterday I see why y’all love children’s! My daughter had an allergic reaction to something that we’re unsure of and the care for my baby was just so amazing I had to come and leave a review. I felt like we were on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy they way they were over her making sure she was ok. Thanks to all the team that cared for my daughter