• Trouble logging in? Send us a message with your username and/or email address for help.
New posts

drbawa

Beach Lover
Sep 21, 2005
53
6
I am in fact an Internal Medicine physician or Internist. My practice is in Seagrove Beach and our phone number is 534-4170. Our website is www.drbawa.com

Let me know if you have any questions.

Dr. Nitin Bawa, MD
 

mf

Banned
May 14, 2006
208
0
most of the docs at sacred heart aren't taking any new patients regardless of your insurance.

dr. bawa is though!

i think it may be a while before medical care catches up here. sacred heart is very pretty and there are good people there, but not enough. they're still spending more on landscaping than staff development. it's listed as a rural hospital with the state and is not a certified trauma center yet.

things are still heavily dependent on medi-vacs here and emergency surgery can be sketchy, so depending on the problem it may take less time to call your out of town doctor or get a commercial flight out of town than to find local care as we've found on a couple occassions since moving here. we're still stuck going to nyc and atlanta.
 

florida girl

Beach Fanatic
Feb 3, 2006
1,453
67
Santa Rosa Beach
We like George Roll, PA, he's retired military, and coast guard. He's at Seagrove Medical. Also, noticed our former military family practice doctor has moved to Freeport, Thomas McKnight.
 

drbawa

Beach Lover
Sep 21, 2005
53
6
We like George Roll, PA, he's retired military, and coast guard. He's at Seagrove Medical. Also, noticed our former military family practice doctor has moved to Freeport, Thomas McKnight.


In matters of health, I consider it my duty to inform the public of a few things. Inspite of being told otherwise, the above mentioned refuses to sterilize intruments properly. He uses a solution to soak instruments in which is not the standard of care. This does not kill resistant bugs such as hepatitis B. Besides that, general hygiene and cleanliness are severly lacking at his location.

Physician Assistants are supposed to be closely supervised by a physician but that is not the case here. The physicians who go to that place hurry in to sign charts and move on.

Knowing ones boundaries is very important in medicine. I have seen Mr. Roll, attempt surgical procedures that should be referred to a specialist. As a result, patients have suffered.

Simple things like Cholesterol medications have been botched up. If you chose to go there, be very careful. Caveat Emptor!!
 
Yikes! That's pretty scary. My sister and I both have homes in SoWal and depend on him. She has young children, and you know how kids always get sick on vacations. She always takes them to Dr. Roll.

In Dr. Roll's defense, my husband had an infection from an injury, and Dr. Roll treated him successfully and took the appropriate measures to protect his mechanical heart valve and dacron aorta. We avoided a trip to Duke University Medical Center.

But because of the lack of a complete array of medical specialists in SoWal, we have decided not to retire in SoWal unless things change in the next 10 years. If the current level of medical care exists when we retire, we will either retire in the Jacksonville area (because of Mayo), Gainesville (because we could go to all of the Gator games and take advantage of the UF School of Medicine), or Atlanta (despite the traffic, because that was where I was born and raised and that's where my doctors are).
 

njackie

Beach Lover
Nov 18, 2004
219
10
Dr Bawa and his lovely wife are just great. We have a small place in Seagrove and members of our family, along with "Grannie and Granpie," which would be us, have had to go to his clinic for medical assistance. Our insurance is honored as is our valued time in Seagrove. Thank God for Dr.Bawa!
 

pk305

Beach Fanatic
Apr 11, 2005
416
11
Nashville & Seagrove
Haven't personally needed a doctor while in Seagrove, however, we have sent several family members/friends to Dr. Bawa (based on lots of good input on this board)....and all have been very pleased!
What we'd do without this board, I can't imagine!!! Haven't said THANKS to Kurt in a long time!! sooooo THANK YOU KURT!!:clap_1:
 

BeachBebe

Beach Lover
Jul 11, 2005
74
0
Jelly fish stings

I would like to express my thanks to Kurt and posters for information gained in the past and today on this site . A couple of hours ago my four year old granddaughter was stung multiple times by jellyfish. A quick look on this site allowed me to direct them to Dr. Bawa, who saw them right away. I was grateful for the references and that I was able to refer them with confidence.

My daughter sprayed Claire's legs with Windex (as advised by someone on the beach), and then placed her in bath water, both of which were wrong according to Dr. Bawa. He gave steroids and benedryl, and was of the opinion that she became entangled in a group of jellyfish. Be careful out there as it surely was painful.

Thanks again.
 
New posts


Sign Up for SoWal Newsletter