I had a 9 a.m. appointment for my annual eye exam. I also had a 10:45 appointment, along with Peggy, to discuss our hearing problems. Arrived at the eye docs 10 minutes ahead of schedule and was told to have a seat; the doctor would see me shortly. 50 minutes later, I was still waiting, and nobody had checked on me. I finally asked the receptionist if I should reschedule. Hell be with you in a little while, she told me, I told her that wasnt specific enough; that I had another appointment at 10:45. They immediately sent me to a room with a man I presumed to be a physicians assistant. He went through the routine tests, including squirting my eyes with pupil-diluting stuff. Then he went through my medical history, which he already had on file and asked me what appeared to be unnecessary questions. So your grandmother, mother and siblings had diabetes? Was that your maternal or paternal grandmother? Were your siblings brothers or sisters? Conclusion: His job was to keep me occupied until the doctor was finished with whatever it was he was doing that was more important than keeping his appointment with me. I called Peggy and had her reschedule the hearing appointment. Around 11 a.m., I was ushered into another examining room, where after a 20-minute wait, the doctor finally came in and told me my eyes were fine and I could really get by without new lenses. Question: Do doctors not realize that patients have schedules, too, and though their hourly fees are somewhat less than that of doctors, their time still is valuable?
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 02:01:37 +0000