Medical College of Georgia — Local services in Augusta

The 4th floor ICU is a joke!!! Worst Dr's ever and have absolutely no clue as to how to deal with a psych patient! I signed the consent for treatment, and yet because my son had an episode and told the nurse not to touch him, several times, the nurse proceeded to forcibly grab him, and so my son hit him, which I do not condone, but the nurse was told not to touch him, so he was sedated and restrained and I went to the waited room. Later, I was told he couldn't have any visitors for 24 hrs, so I came home and was told by the Dr that I could call and check on him and that they would call me with updates. They did not call me and when I called, I was told my son wasn't there! Absolutely nothing was handled the correct way! There was NO communication! It was 2 days later before I got a call from them, and for 2 days, I was told about 20-25 times that he wasn't there instead of a NO information patient! This place needs a lot of changes, and Dr's fired and Psych patient...

Augusta University hospital is incredible place, my mom is a patient there. Ive been four times this week and everyone is professional and friendly. The hospital is very easy to locate, visitor friendly (parking is free) drug stores close by, low cost place to eat nearby. The nurses and doctors are all very personable. One doctor kept asking me do you have any more questions. I live in Atlanta, but I highly would consider Augusta University hospital if I had major...

My opinion, they need more handicap parking. The parking deck get crowded so quickly & ppl like me tht hv vertigo can not park high up. The lower level is mostly their doctors & maybe 5 handicap spots...not cool AU/MCG/Wellstar or whatever it is now. My actual doctor is very nice, he explained everything to me regarding my treatment plan & even helped me figure out something unrelated. I do recommend his office, I can't vouch for...