Whittier Female Medical Clinic

Dr. Purdom and Kendra are great to bad their staff isnt so great and very unprofessional. My previous insurance required that i have an autho to be seen and that would take the staff anything from 3 weeks to a month, unacceptable!!! Im glad my insurance has changed and now i can go else where.

Horrible place! I had 3 visits here for my first pregnancy every 4 weeks they already did 2 ultrasounds one on my first appointment I was only 6 weeks and one on my second appointment I was only 10 weeks. I read that it’s not safe to have too many ultrasounds for the baby and I would have wanted to wait on an ultrasound until the baby was bigger not right away in the beginning. I was rushed in and out felt like I couldn’t ask questions and the doctor never remembered me. She asked me «have I helped you before or is this your first time here» really? You’ve seen me three times now. You would think she would at least review my medical records if she doesn’t remember her patients so she knows who she’s helping. The male doctor I saw one time briefly and he likes to talk about himself more than anything. I felt like I was listening to his stories more instead of him listening to my questions and concerns.

I am 13 weeks pregnant with my first child and I’ve been coming here since I was 6 weeks. But I feel as if I am always rushed out, I don’t have time to ask questions about my pregnancy because Dr. Kendra just wants me in and out and her staff is not as friendly either. Dr. Kendra treats me differently than the rest of her patients. When I have problems/​sickness and I ask to be checked all she does is write me a prescription without knowing if I actually need it. And while she is writing me a prescription she also asked me what is your name and are you pregnant?!
Are you kidding me? 7 weeks of going there and she doesn’t know who I am? Of course I’m pregnant why else will I be there? This is my first child I would like to be able to call my doctor and be seen or give advice to instead of being told to wait until my next appointment. I can not see why people love coming here for terrible service. I deserve better treatment and care for by someone else.
–Bri

I am pregnant with my 2^nd child and seeing dr. Kendra for my prenatal care, the office is very quick on seeing me when coming in for an appt., which is ok, but some of the medical assistants or whatever they are who work back office are a bit unprofessional. Also The restroom looks like you would be using a jack in the box or mcDonalds restroom soo dirty! I am 16 weeks now but when I firsts started my care here I was about 6weeks, there has been confusion of how far along I am, every 4 weeks that I have came I’m a week more than they thought which is very confusing to me… I also seen that the office has flyers all over regarding gender determination. Unfortunately this office expects you to pay 30 $ to have your babies gender told to you, due to gender determination «not being a necessity to prenatal care» which I think is wrong… People shouldn’t have to pay 30 $ to have our babies gender given to us. I will be continuing my care here since I have an HMO ins. And am assigned here but if I had a PPO ins. I would defiantly be switching office, but I will not pay them for it. I rather go else where and have a 4d ultrasound with a DVD given to me… I think this is ridiculous!

Dr. purdem usually works at this clinic. Word of advice if you have a scheduled appointment at 3. Be sure to arrive at 3:45 because they super lag it here. Guaranteed. Usually I can honestly say I’m there for an 1&½ hours for a simple 10 minute (at the most) check up. I’m stuck here while I’m writing this review I’ve been here for 30mins and they still haven’t called the old ball n chain’s name yet.