I just saw a horrible doctor for my 20 month old's fever and diarrhaea - he gave us 2 minutes during which time he was mean and loud, dismissive and nasty - i cried all the way home (I am 30 weeks pregnant so a bit more sensitive but still...). I rang the clinic to find out his name and asked the receptionist if he's always that awful or if he's in a bad mood today- she said that kids make him like that. I thought it might have been me because when he said he'd give him some medication I had the audacity to ask what was wrong with my son, which clearly ****ed him off. He then stood over me shouting that now he wouldn't give him anything and he could tell from clinical experience that it was an upper respiratory tract infection. So i asked if my son should be all snotty (because he's not) and what to do about the diarrhaea. Then he said angrily he's got gastro intestinal virus and there's nothing i could give him except water. So I asked "what, no food? after how long should i worry? and for his fever should i keep giving him panadol?" I was clearly looking for reassurance but instead of reassuring me he stood there holding the door open saying i could go to the hospital if i wasn't happy with that.
Perhaps i'm a little oversensitive due to pregnancy but no one likes being treated with contempt and being yelled at. I don't know where to complain or how to warn other parents about this guy... any suggestions?
BTW this was at Greenslopes, PM me for more details
Last edited by christy; October 26th, 2007 at 01:54 PM.
bad doctor experience
I just saw a horrible doctor for my 20 month old's fever and diarrhaea - he gave us 2 minutes during which time he was mean and loud, dismissive and nasty - i cried all the way home (I am 30 weeks pregnant so a bit more sensitive but still...). I rang the clinic to find out his name and asked the receptionist if he's always that awful or if he's in a bad mood today- she said that kids make him like that. I thought it might have been me because when he said he'd give him some medication I had the audacity to ask what was wrong with my son, which clearly ****ed him off. He then stood over me shouting that now he wouldn't give him anything and he could tell from clinical experience that it was an upper respiratory tract infection. So i asked if my son should be all snotty (because he's not) and what to do about the diarrhaea. Then he said angrily he's got gastro intestinal virus and there's nothing i could give him except water. So I asked "what, no food? after how long should i worry? and for his fever should i keep giving him panadol?" I was clearly looking for reassurance but instead of reassuring me he stood there holding the door open saying i could go to the hospital if i wasn't happy with that.
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