I know this thread is long dead but i just happened to stumble by it.
Am a dentist and sometimes i too have not been able to keep appointments.the reasons are numerous so i will try to answer each thread one by one.
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Originally Posted by Daewood The board says he will be meeting patients from 10'0 clock. I wait for half an hour. The place is getting crowded up. No sign of him. I ask the rceptionist to enquire and she calls him. Reply is 20 mins. My son hadn't slept the whole night as he was running high fever. I'm getting tensed. Finally the doc turns up, a good one and a half hours late.
Why do some doctors do this knowing very well that, waiting for hours for an already sick patient is extreme torture?
In this internet and SMS era why can't patient visits be streamlined and planned properly?
Is it because India is woefully short of Docs and there is a huge demand supply mismatch. |
Sir,Have you never ever in your life been late?The dr could have been stuck in traffic,there might have been a family emergency,his children might have been sick there are an infinite no.of reasons why he could have been late,but of course,you dont want to hear about it.
i understand the anxiety of a parent,and you are justified but no dr would want a crowd building up if he could help it.
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Originally Posted by Daewood Let them charge high enough as per their talent and qualification, but this wasting of valuable time of patients is highly deplorable in this 21st century.
It's a hangover of the License Raj era where you had to wait endlessly for everything, be it train ticket, phone connection, etc,etc |
Sir, i would love to reduce the no.of patients and increase my fees per patient,but believe me,its plain impoosible in India.
So why dont i just reduce the no.of patients?
Because just like you i have a family to provide for and money doesnt bite me either.
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Originally Posted by lohithrao This seems to be Universal prob , i mean atleast in India been too many doc who always make u wait for atleast 30mins, for some appointment makes no sense its more like they want to b sure if someone is coming to their clinic though you have a prior appointment you will have to wait for hours and the best part they dont even feel sorry about it...
can say many of them are "arrogant" too! the prob is they have taken it for granted that people need docs so this factor is leading to all this behavior! |
No unsuccessful person can be arrogant.
A dr can have pride in the work that he does,but its far from arrogance.There is no special compulsion to see a dr unlike a govt. office where you wouldnt be able to get a job done elsewhere.If the dr is arrogant/bad/rude , there would be no rush in the clinic anyway.
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Originally Posted by ghodlur I know a couple of doctors in my area who make their patients wait for more than an hour or so. This is because they do consulting job in some super speciality hospitals and then come to their private clinics. This way they make sure that they earn both ways. In spite of this, their clinics would not have proper fan operating, the paint peeled off in places, the sofa's in tatters and lot more eye sores.
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Sir,if the sofa was in tatters and the fan not operating,why did you have to wait for one hour?why didnt you just walk over to a better furnished clinc with lesser no.of patients?
'Consulting jobs in some super speciality hospital pays'.And the doc like just any human being would not be able to say no to the cash.Its not as if he is doing something illegal or taking a bribe.he is getting paid for the job he does.
.I sometimes have lunch at 3.30-4pm because i dont like to keep patients waiting.Yet a patient would be angry if he turns up at 3.30 and the receptionist tells the doc is havin lunch.Is this the time for havin lunch,asks the irritated patient.So much for remaining hungry.
.A patient might turn up in pain without taking an appointment and i would not be able to say no to a man in pain.He would pay me,but belive me monetary cosiderations are not the only thing that satisfies a dr.i do a little charity,sometimes do not bill poor patients.
Doctors also get tired,get angry,get hungry,have a family,get stuck in traffic,have to visit the kid's school to meet the teacher,take a day of leave on falling sick,visit ailing parents,attend marriages and have some rest after all this.
Dont give respect to a dr,but please be considerate.
Because we,like you,are only human.