*baffled*

[simplytoopretty]

Apparently the company I work for is desperate for doctors. So desperate that they have re-hired a doctor they fired in 1997. A doctor who was suspended for a year in 1999 (for diluting narcotics). A doctor who was subsequently suspended for two years in 2005 (for several offences, including underwriting prescriptions signed by American doctors). A

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[black_panda_ops]

Man... Not good.

[simplytoopretty]

I wonder how long it will be before he's suspended again...

I know they're having trouble with him already. He has like this checklist and he doesn't want to follow it.

[chaliebrown363]

That is crazy!

[simplytoopretty]

You mean you wouldn't want to see this doctor? ;)

[simplytoopretty]

Companies are so stupid sometimes. That's really my stance.

[laurelnola]

You know, back when I was a kid, I thought of doctors as gods. They were omniscient, kind, and you *never* doubted what they told you. Then I had a kid with autism. I knew he had autism from shortly after his first birthday. And every doctor I went to said, "Oh, he's just a late bloomer. You worry too much." After being seen by several pediatricians, ear specialists, allergy specialists, and a child psychiatrist, all who saw that my kid walked late, talked late, potty-trained late, didn't play with other kids, spun in circles, flapping his arms, they STILL told me he was fine

[simplytoopretty]

Doctors are perceived as being better than the average human, but this simply isn't true. Nothing you say surprises me. Doctors are humans and sometimes they screw up and sometimes those screw-ups do have dire consequences.

I work for a company that owes walk-in clinics, although each doctor has his own family practice. Of the twenty or so doctors, there's only a handful I would see for anything serious. A prescription refill, anyone will do. Anything else, there are only a few doctors I would see because the other doctors rush through everything and don't care about the patient. They care about being paid for seeing that patient and not, say, if the patient has eczema or another skin condition. It's about the bottom line and seeing as many patients as possible and getting as much money as one can. It's rather ridiculous but that's the state of medical care it seems.

Rants are fine. Given what you went through, I say ranting is warranted.

[monicaop]

I really can't believe they could be this dumb... ok I can... I'm so sorry for you!!! I hope you don't have to deal with any problem related to any of them. They should hire doctors from here and take them to Cananda... doctors here need jobs ;)