UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton

Hours: UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton in Clanton, AL, is a full-service hospital with 24/7 emergency care. It is a destination for specialty care including heart, brain and spine, cancer, orthopedic and sports medicine, and weight loss services. The Birthing Center offers a personalized maternity experience. The facility provides a wide range of minimally invasive procedures, robotic-assisted technology, imaging, and lab tests all on one campus. Patient experiences vary. Some express heartfelt gratitude for outstanding, professional, compassionate, and efficient emergency care, describing staff as warm, attentive, thorough, and clear. The rehabilitation division is also noted as outstanding with an extremely professional, encouraging, and positive staff. Many recommend the facility, feeling blessed to have it in the community and describing the folks as very nice in a very nice facility. However, other emergency room experiences include reports of being brushed off, with staff appearing offended by questions and not taking all measures to rule out serious conditions. Some patients also note having to travel far for tests despite closer facilities.

1. Clanton, Alabama