Chong Duk Kim, M.D.

Walking in, the staff weren’t welcoming and nice to me or my dad. They only became nice after my dad presented them with free lunch. They are also inattentive to details. Last year, a worker there has put in the wrong birthdate causing all my history record to be invalid when I was searched. I needed to get a shot, but because they didn’t have my history of shots in their system, no one knew that I got the same same shot a year ago. Not even me. How would I remeber and keep track? The one worker’s mistake lead me to getting an unnecessary shot. They fixed it now. But health care isn’t cheap. Everything comes with a price and to know that this shot could’ve been avoided if the worker had put in my correct birthdate would have saved them their time, my time and my money. I was really disappointed with their flaw within their work system. It was such a simple but crucial mistake because we are being vulnerable to them by giving our personal information and trusting them with our health and lives.

My boyfriend, who is not Korean, tried to make an appointment earlier this week & they rejected him because he was not Korean. I’m Korean & this was very disappointing to hear. Aren’t we in the year 2012? In Philadelphia? Sad to say, what a shame.
Try another doctor, like Jaisohn Medical Center, which is right down the street, bigger, & much nicer staff!

I was pretty sure that I had broken my finger, but since I am unemployed and uninsured, I didn’t want to go to the ER and rack up a huge bill so I just toughed it out. Well 3 weeks later my finger was still hurting a lot so I decided to get it checked out. Inside of the H-​Mart plaza is this family practice office. I came in right before they were about to close but the doctor agreed to see me.
She took one look at my hand and said «did you punch something?» I was a little embarassed, but yes, I said. She diagnosed it right away as a «boxers fracture». Oh boy… Unfortunately for me though, I waited too long to see someone and my fracture had already started to heal and the only way to fix it would be to re-​break it then set it in a cast. Hmmm… No thanks.
The doctor was really nice and patient. And they even gave me a huge discount for the office visit because of my job and insurance problem. If you have a small ailment to be checked on, this place is a good, inexpensive, professional place to come. But the staff here barely speak english, so unless you know Korean, this might not be the best place for you. haha.