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Internal Medicine • Bakersfield, CA

★★☆☆☆2.2/5105 reviews across 2 platforms

Ratings by platform

  • Yelp (overall Kern Medical): 2.2/5 (105 reviews)
  • Healthgrades (hospital-wide)

What patients say

Patients praise

  • Attentive care by specific individual physicians
  • Positive bedside manner reported for some providers
  • Efficient emergency response in select instances

Common complaints

  • Long wait times in emergency/intake areas
  • Concerns regarding facility cleanliness and noise levels
  • Communication failures by doctors and nursing staff
  • Delayed response time when assistance is requested

In patients' words

"I love Dr Chen’s bedside manner. He was kind, professional, and took time to explain things where I could understand what was going on with me."

— Healthgrades patient review

"My daughter had an accident and I had to rush her to the ER upon arrival the intake nurse stopped what he was doing grabbed a wheelchair and took us to the back immediately."

— Yelp user review

How these reviews were compiled

Synthesized from public patient-review platforms as of Jul 10, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

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