Quote From: talonhunterNow I dont really know how to say this but the comment Dr. Phil made about the young lady's delayed treatment kindve annoyed me. I have many family members that are in the medical system and they have told me that this is normal. I would have to say a infectious expert would take alot of schooling and thus there would be very few of them. As a result of this they would be very busy. I got an example of this from my own life with my mother being diagnosed with breast cancer. It took almost 4 months between her diagnose and surgery to her actual treatment. I dont mean to be rude but if you have a serious disease of some kind dont blame the medical system. They dont have enough personel as it is, blame the people that drag their kids to the emergency room when they have a sniffel. Dont play the "disease a week game" or you simply make it so that people with HIV, MRSA or whatever cannot get the care they need.
I am sorry to disagree with you. I also have a very close member in my family who is in the medical field. If they have a patient/referral that really needs to be seen (as in Stephanie's case) and they are overbooked already, they make time to see the patient, if it be before office hours or after or whenever they can get the patient in. That patient is seen and I mean ASAP. Sorry to say that is NOT NORMAL, more like insane for a doctor to run his practice in that manner.
An added note....I myself have worked in hospitals for many years. I made appointments on a daily basis for many of our doctors. Never would we have a patient wait a month for an appointment that needs immediate attention, as in Stephanie's case.
Thank you Dr. Phil for getting help for this girl and soon.
