I had a health scare and wanted to see a doc while it was in the acute stage. Since my GP was busy, i decided to go to a walk-in clinic and saw a doc . I ended up getting an appt with my GP a couple of days later, and I told her the symptoms and said that I went to a walk-in doctor in the meantime, and she freaked out.
She covered her face and said "Ok I'm going to get a bit bitchy here, my PAY gets DOCKED everytime you see another doctor! You use the healthcare system A LOT (umm, so?) and it affects me when you go see another doctor". Then she spends 5 minutes explaining to me how the walk-in clinic works and how she sometimes works there and next time i should just show up to the walk in clinic. I was just quiet and apologized, saying I didn't know... She then shrugs and says "Well, whatever test you did with that doctor, I will NOT have access to it. So I have no idea, I won't be able to access the results, you'll have to get them from him".
Then she starts giving me a science lesson I didn't ask for about urine culture tests which I just sat through and nodded... and when I asked about my symptoms and the probability of it being serious, she didn't answer the question, but quizzed me. "Why do you think I'm not worried about that. I want YOU to answer that question. Why am I not worried about that??"
it all seemed a bit chaotic, argumentative and condescending. Thoughts? Do you think this was professional?
Also, anyone know if i really dock her pay by going to another doctor? Is that a faux-pas?
PS I live in Canada for anyone wondering, so covered by our Medicare here. I waited almost a decade to get my own GP, and I’ve been her patient for about a year now.
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