Ashokan Annamalai MD - Pain Management in Hollister, California

“I would of posted (No Star) if they had that choice for me to pick. To start with the office staff is so unprofessional especially the big lady at the front window (N.R.). You call the office and no one will ever return your message and it can go on for days without any return calls. There are times when this doctor goes on vacation and doesn't leave a another doctor on call for his patients emergency, i guess he may be to cheap to pay for a doctor to be on call for him when he's out of town on vacation. This brings up another dangerous situation because i had ran out of medication while this doctor was on his vacation and there was no one returning calls in the office which would of left me being completely out of medication and that would make it dangerous for someone like me who is a diabetic. This is a serious problem because being out of medication can make you go into really bad withdrawals which can get you seriously sick to the point of having to go to the hospital Emergency Room due to not being able to take all of my other medications due to vomiting excessively, at which my high blood Pressure medication not being able to swallow it your blood Pressure rises real high which can sometimes cause a stroke of sorts and not being able to take your diabetic medicine your glucose numbers can either go dangerously high or dangerously low due to vomiting excessively because of your withdrawaling from not taking your (Pain Medication). All this is so very dangerous and all this doctor had to do was to have a doctor on stand by for his patients when he's out of the country on his vacation. This is a sad situation and very dangerous so if you do decideto see this doctor i advise you not to every call the office with any problems about your medications because none of them want to be bothered about doing there job and if they find that getting your medication authorized is giving them problems you will be told to find another doctor. They will dismiss you as a patient and you will receive a type up letter with his stamped signature on it telling you to find another doctor because he will not be treating you as his patient anymore. This is so sad that this doctor does this to his parents so dont give him and his staff any problems or you will be dismissed. Dont Waste your time going to this doctor he dangerous. I really don't like to give a bad review but it a dangerous doctor to go to. Keep searching for another doctor.”

— Yolanda Cruz