Monday, March 30, 2009Y
doctors!!
what's with polyclinic doctors? does minimum rate = minimum svc??
brought jeremy to the doctor today for 2 reasons - injured ankles and fever. the security guard, the counter staff, the admin aunty were just great. they were so helpful and so friendly. the doctor had to spoil the whole experience.
jeremy injured both his ankles...can walk but painful so the counter staff offered to let him have a wheelchair. the doctor pissed me off the moment we went into the room. she's so young and she's behaving like someone who has lived her whole life and everyone owed her everything.
doc: mdm leong kian...
me: it's him not me
doc: oh...only old ladies take the wheelchair
me: *~*
doc: ok what's wrong?
jeremy/me: sprained both ankles
doc: how did it happen?
jeremy: didn't see where i was walking...
doc: both ankles? show me how you landed.
jeremy: (demonstrated)
doc: that's not possible. you can't get a sprain like that!
me: ok. twisted?
doc: how can it be twisted! landing like that will not give a twisted ankle.
jeremy: then i don't know what.
doc: you've got to tell me what's wrong. i will not know because i'm not the patient here.
me: (patience running out and trying real hard to keep my cool) ok. so it's not sprained, it's not twisted. tell me what it is.
...in my heart i was actually saying - untidy doctor (because her hair was in a mess), just check and tell us what's wrong. if we knew we will not be here. you are the doctor.
she didn't even feel his feet to check. went straight to say it's probably a muscle pain because of the impact and will give him some painkillers.
next told her abt his on-and-off fever. told her no fever now and it usually comes late afternoon or night. started on thursday. that's like 5 days already?? again, no check or anything. just said the painkillers will help to bring down the fever as well.
i was like "huh??" whatever! i'll monitor him myself. went to get medicine and of course the painkillers will bring down the fever. it's paracetamol! what the ****. i'm speechless.
before we left the room, she offered - if don't get better after 2 days, come back and see me.
i'll go back but definitely don't want to see her. i've been treated by better doctors in polyclinics.
{{ 11:55 PM -
* faith *
