Doctors are human, and sometimes, they suck.

I tried to refer a patient of mine (lets call this person X) to a GI practice the other day. They refused. Huh? X has chronic pancreatitis, the belly is growing day by day (ascites?), X looks terrible, and there was a CT scan that showed a possible mass in the head of the pancreas, and lesions in the hip bones. Why did these “healers” refuse X? Because they knew X from a previous hospitalization, and X “was not compliant with follow up”. Any doctor that complains about insurance companies cherry picking patients hasn’t looked across the table at the hospital doctors’ lounge. Get out of the business if you can’t grow some compassion for a truly sick person. Did I mention that X has mental illness? I called to advocate for X – twice – and they never returned my calls. So now they’re too good to call back another doctor. They suck. I hope they choke on on all the money they’re stuffing down their throats.

~ by ashok on July 2, 2008.