Dr. Ronald Newton Locke, MD

Theeee absolute worst bedside manner! Very short with answers and doesn’t LISTEN TO HIS PATIENTS! I was always told to listen to HEAR not to listen to respond. Do not trust him with your loved ones care! He will bandaid them and send them on the way, please someone look into this guys practices. The people in Waycross have gotten comfortable with half arz treatment and let him talk how he wants and treat them how he wants to treat them all while taking their money, I digress because maybe he treats his YT patients better! Please find better doctors who actually do care!

Can’t practice in NC. So why let him practice in SC?

THIS DOCTOR HAD HIS PRIVILEGES REVOKED AT BOTH THESE HOSPITALS AND NO LONGER WORKS AT CAROLINA SURGERY CENTER

THANK GOD THAT HE IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE ANYWHERE!!! HE CAUSED BILATERAL VOCAL CHORD PARALYSIS ON MY THROAT FROM A THYROIDECTOMY 12 YEARS AGO AND THEN COMPLETELY IGNORED THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WHILE I LAID IN THE HOSPITAL STRUGGLING TO BREATHE. I HAVE SINCE HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES TO OPEN MY AIRWAY. HE IS COMPLETELY NEGLIGENT AS A SURGEON!

Had an amazing experience. Dr. Locke went over my procedure thoroughly and answered all of my questions. I couldn't have asked for a better doctor or staff.

after getting surgery from dr locke he left two giant holes in my side unstitched. one of them is now infected and ive had to go to the emegency room where they were baffled that any person who calls themselves a doctor would leave this sort of wound unattended and open. i have been told i might even have a case of malpractice, please take this as a caveat before you let this man cut you open. on top of that after the surgery he did not even come to see me before my discharge. everything you read about this man is true be warned.

Dr. Locke was the surgeon on call last Sunday when our family member was told in ER that he needed an inflamed appendix removed. There were 2 other surgeries before us, but our loved one was taken for surgery at 5:30 PM. Dr. Locke talked to us prior to the surgery and afterwards. We are thankful to him because we feel as if he did a great job. In addition, he was able to tell us that our child needed an additional consultation with a urologist because other issues showed on the CT scan. During the follow up appointment with Dr. Locke yesterday, he was concerned about whether we had indeed had the visit with a urologist. We are pleased with him, his staff, and the outcome of the surgery.

Came into the hospital room and chewed wife (patient) out about her husband calling his office requesting nicely about not having food for 10 days and Dr. Locke was not friendly with her and treating her as a human with severe pain! Dr. Locke screwed up by forgetting to order a drain tube insertion for a large infection sac after complications from a gall bladder infection! Dr. Locke said they would do the drain tube while patient was under for surgery to fix the gall bladder surgery he did which fell into the 1% of patients for error which was not his fault! The original scan showed a large infection sac that he told the patient needed to be drained but he neglected to follow up with for 2 days making the patient septic and very sick!!! I (husband) asked if the procedure was done and the G.I. surgeon told me it was not his place. He said he would call Dr. Locke and nothing was done for 2 days and now she is in major bad health! Dr. Locke needs to follow up with a patient and learn how… to get better patient bedside manners! I felt sorry for his N.P. that could not stand behind him and only kept saying you need to talk with him!

Worst physician I have ever dealt with!

It's obvious that Dr Locke in practicing medicine for the right reasons. He has a passion for treating patients. He has treated me and members of my family and has always been outstanding. He's a brilliant surgeon and has a knack to diagnostics. I can't recommend him and his team enough.