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I have absolutely no confidence in the medical system over here. Noone I know does. I'm just telling it like it is. The nurses who couldn't make it to USA, Canada, Australia or anywhere else flock here. And let's face it the majority of the doctors recruited here are the ones that would not be missed in their home countries.
A tiny example:
I had to go to the Cleveland Clinic run government family clinic for a check-up. (Isn't Cleveland always the laughing stock in US tv shows? just sayin'...). My appointment was for 5:30 pm. I was there by 5:15 pm knowing that I had a higher chance of piloting the Space Shuttle to Mars than seeing the doctor at the appointed time. But I just can't unlearn the punctual ways I was taught, nor would I want to. The nurse called my name for the usual preliminary checks of weight, height, BP, etc. The phone rings.
Nurse: 'Aiii! Hello Doctor!" *puts the call on speaker phone as she checks my temperature*.
Doctor: "Girlie, I need to prescribe medication for patient xyz. Her weight is not recorded in the file. Could you please check the weight of the patient in your file?"
Nurse (Girlie): "Aiii! Eet ees not recorded??' *immediately proceeding to cover her ass* "It was Lita who weighted (!) the patient, doctooor, maybe she just forgooot".
Then: "Eet's oqay doctor! I weel check!" *opens a file on her desk*
"Erm, erm..Doctooor, da patient is 5.6 kilos, "
Doctor: "Thank you, Girlie!" *hangs up*
2 minutes later the Doctor calls back
Doctor: "5.6 kilos?? The patient is 8 years old! How can that be? Please check in the computer this time" (Meanwhile I'm thinking, "It took "Doctooor" 2 whole minutes to realise this?!")
Girlie: "Aii, sorreee Doctooor! Oqay I weel check again!" *very long pause as she checks the computer muttering under her breath*
Then she triumphantly announces: "Doctooor, here it eees! Da patient ees 68 kilos!"
Aiiiiii!
Can a normal 8 year old weigh 68 kilos?
I'm just saying, if they can't even read a scale or record weight properly then Lord help us all!!
Gulp !!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh..that sounds like a very unorganised and impolite clinic.
Id be walking out right about when she cant read the screen properly. I have this thing bout hospitals...if they cant listen and do what you ask & answer your questions then i dnt need to be there.
In oman when i lived there not soo long ago, i went int Qaboos hospital in salalah suffering with severe pains in my stomache, chest & i was fighting for a breath. I got seen by a female dr & a lovely nurse came in and gave me all the answers to questions i asked mashaAllah...but the problem occured again.. after weeks of pain..i found out my gall bladder is diseased and not functioning at all. They didnt do an ultra sound the first time i went in despite me saying the same things over and over again.
Second incident..i had terrible pains in my back and pains shooting town the length of my right arm, i couldnt even carry my son and he is a small baby mashaAllah. i got to hospital and tell the dr that im in pain..she doesnt even touch me and says " you have khareef (monsoon season,) in your back and its caused pain."
Hooow does monsoon season get in my back ? lol i can laugh now but i wasnt then..i was in agony.
It was not untill my ex husband contacted one of his cousins who knew a senior member of the hospital that someone took my seriously.. thats when i found out i needed suregery asap and i need medication for all my meals.
If you dont feel comfy get up and demand better dr and professionalism.