Dr. Anantha Krishna Mallia, DO

This is the attending psychiatrist at the time I was Detained by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. According to hospital policy, Dr. Mallia was supposed to speak to me and/or examine me because they inaccurately characterized my statements as a homicidal ideation. But this doctor never spoke to me and I never even saw him and they released me anyway. I FIRMLY believe this hospital violated my civil, human, legal and patient rights. I believe multiple members of their staff are incompetent and unethical. I would only go here again if I was taken unconscious in an ambulance. I have already sent correspondence to their patient advocacy department and they responded. I don’t think they officially admitted wrongdoing but they expressed regret of sorts regarding my experience. They also claim they instructed their staff about proper procedures and told them that they should not be using their cell phones while working. they would be contacting me soon. I’m not sure why they bothered. … Maybe it was out of something like a human feeling of guilt or empathy but I don’t believe this corporation is capable of either of those things. I made it clear in my letter to them that there was nothing they could do to undo the harm they did to me. If I could give a facility ZERO stars, I would give zero stars to this one.