Dr. Kelvin Lim, MD

RUN AWAY!! Below zero. Negligent. These incompetent, uncaring, unprofessional people took my life, as I once knew it, away forever. Trusted them with my care, SVMC Dr Kelvin Lim was highly recommended by Drs on Duty (Lighthouse Ave) whose Salinas Valley Radiology is incompetent as well. (Found out too late that soft tissue damage was evident on very first X-ray). Obtained referral to Dr Lim and went to SVMC with a severe wrist injury, Dr Lim was too good to examine me in person but two surgeons, Dr Lim and Dr Swan supervised their PA Mr Heffington. I was not given informed consent before treatment, I was casted and treated FOR A FRACTURE THAT I DID NOT HAVE! I was not tested for soft tissue injuries that I had at time and will have forever, because of their delays, became beyond repair. Now my only option is live with it or fusion, look up Arthrodesis for SLAC Wrist. That is if you can find a surgeon willing to mess with a CRPS patient. The tight cast applied at SVMC by PA’s PA caused… CRPS Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (there’s no cure) within 24 hours of their combined negligence. Throughout I was casually seen, misdiagnosed, mistreated and later coldly kicked to the curb once these unconscionable cowards at SVMC saw their mistakes in black and white from outside MRI. The PA even wrote that I had “pain disproportionate to injury”, in my chart. This wording happens to be one of the first criteria for diagnosing CRPS. Which tells me that they knew that they had mistreated me and didn’t care. They left me with a lifelong deformity, a lifelong intractable pain disease, clinical severe depression, clinical anxiety, disability, loss of income, various endless frustrating humiliating Dr visits, people don’t understand CRPS, needing daily care and help for everything, can’t paint, can’t drive, sleep, my quality of life is horrible. DR KELVIN LIM, DR JUSTIN SWAN, AND ROYCE HEFFINGTON PA, SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. YOU TOOK AWAY MY LIFE AND ARE SO UNPROFESSIONAL THAT YOU WON’T EVEN OWN OR FIX YOUR MISTAKES. WELL, YOU MIGHT BUT THE MRI DOESN’T LIE, I WAS MISDIAGNOSED, MISTREATED AND KICKED TO THE CURB.

I’m disabled for life due to the negligence of this physician’s PA Royce Heffington Jr, Dr Kelvin Lim and Dr Swan were supervising but didn’t even care enough to physically examine me. They treated me for a fracture that I didn’t even have and let my SL ligament tear go without treatment, after seeing an outside MRI that revealed my injuries they kicked me to the curb. I’m beyond repair and have a severely deformed wrist, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and debilitating pain 24/7. I 1000% DO NOT RECOMMEND. MY LIFE IS RUINED BECAUSE OF SVMC. I’ve lost everything, I can’t work, drive, care for myself…this place should be shut down by the medical board.

I was honest with Dr Lim about my concerns and thus far has addressed all my concerns and is keeping in mind all aspects of my care. I will follow up and add additional reviews as my care progresses. So far so good. Front desk was rude but he was not and listened to all my concerns.