Dr. Olga Alexander Bendinger, MD

I was seen by this provider at Providence St. Vincent and she was a nightmare. Wouldn’t see it speak with me for days and told me I could be held there for 6 months. I was in a coed psych ward which should not be allowed… especially when they tell us they are understaffed and won’t have any staff for hours overnight. As a younger female, many males in the unit would stare at me and harass me and the nursing staff told me that “everyone is in there because they have issues.” I was sleep deprived for days making sure no men were entering my room when I was sleeping. The staff would become very loud chatting at night and slamming doors. When I told them I couldn’t sleep because it was too loud, they moved me to a room that was right next to one of the doors they were slamming and would not move me again. By the time I was released I hadn’t had sleep in days, I was entirely in worse health, and suffering from new extreme PTSD symptoms and nightmares from my stay. I will never forget this… provider and the care she gave me. I know this isn’t all regarding DR OLGA ALEXANDER BENDINGER, but she made me feel like I was a lab rat who was going to stay locked up for as long as she wanted me there with no consideration for me as a human being. I will never go back to Providence or be seen by this “doctor” ever again and I advise anyone who has been seen by this doctor to report her.

She laughed at me and asked me if I felt guilty for being coerced and sexually assaulted. I stopped going to get treatment at Providence Saint Vincent's when I really should have for a while because I live in fear of running into this abusive woman again.