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April 1, 2008, 9:35 pm PDT
I disagree with the disagreement :)
Quote From: ponckiI 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. I have to disagree with the person who disagreed first! Stephanie has a CHRONIC problem with her MRSA and has been aggressively treated. She has been referred to an "infectious disease specialist" for a chronic problem, not an acute (emergency) one. One month is not an uncommon time to wait for an appointment with a specialist. It does seem like a referral might have been made sooner; but we don't know the details of her course of treatment, has her Dr. consulted by phone with another etc.
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