Just saw in paper that a poor girl died from swine flue after her doctor miss diagnosed her as having tonsilitis..
Now while that is a tradegy and I feel sorry for her parents, I can't help but see the irony, in that if he had disnosed corectly, he wouldn't have also died from swine flue :P
Doctor was over 60! should people that old even still be allowed to practice medicine! personaly I belive they should be forced into a advisory role or teaching possition (after all how much has medicine changed since that guy passed midical school) |
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over a year ago
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"The doctor who died did not diagnose the little girl who died
bah thats what headline said, silly papers...
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Was it in colour or black and white, if it was in colour it has to be true |
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My old doctor was late 70's when he retired.. he's still around, plays golf and even sits in surgery now and then as a locum.. I remeber surfing the net one day and seeing this new lazer treatment for a scar... well he went into all the pro's and cons of light therapy this that and the other.. Knew more than I ever realised.. I wouldn't say he was past it at all!
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"My old doctor was late 70's when he retired.. he's still around, plays golf and even sits in surgery now and then as a locum.. I remeber surfing the net one day and seeing this new lazer treatment for a scar... well he went into all the pro's and cons of light therapy this that and the other.. Knew more than I ever realised.. I wouldn't say he was past it at all!"
With age comes wisdom and all that, Doctors don't usually have to do anything particularly physical, just have to use their heads. So, so long as they a healthy mentally how can they ever really be past it? |
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By *ebzStarWoman
over a year ago
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Well i went to doctors last week.
At door i had my temp checked and asked questions in CASE i had swine flu.
If i had - the course of action would have been to send me home and stay there and see no-one.
As it was i didnt have a temp - i had tonsilitis.
So i waited for 2 hrs, to then be told - to suck on icecubes and take ibuprofen!!!
Think i prefer the idea of going home and staying there til you get better personally!!!
Stoopid - world has gone mad"!!! |
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I had flu jabs last year due to my asthma, was realy odd having to que up with a room full of 60-80 year olds :P
especialy with my phobia of old people, i'm still waiting for logans run to be made active...... |
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"I had flu jabs last year due to my asthma, was realy odd having to que up with a room full of 60-80 year olds :P
especialy with my phobia of old people, i'm still waiting for logans run to be made active......"
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Doctor was over 60! should people that old even still be allowed to practice medicine! personaly I belive they should be forced into a advisory role or teaching possition (after all how much has medicine changed since that guy passed midical school)"
There's no substitute for experience. So long as a physician, particulary in general practice, keeps their knowledge and skills up to date you're probably safer in the care of an older doctor (Shipman excluded) than a younger one.
GPs, particularly in multi-partner settings operate an informal and ongoing peer review to ensure the whole team is well versed in current thinking, diagnosing and prescribing. Some GP practices also operate as teaching units for local university medical schools and are externally evaluated by lecturers and professors to ensure a high standard.
GPs are human and, as such, get stuff wrong sometimes. The fact it makes the papers shows how infrequently it happens. |
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Hmmmm well whats there to really advise as his diagnosise would be that of same surely LOL .Besides I always say if your really ill hit a hospitol I mean what are gp's to me they are readers of txt books they make assumptions upon what we say to them it could be this or maybe that so hit ya with anti biotics LOL .However when you go to hospitol you have pros in every field they run tests there n then keep you there untill they find out n diagnose correctly it's just my view along with previous experience :For instance I got tonsilitis at least 6-7 times a year right seen my doc so many times I said take them out had enough if your drugs dude then I got more severe case ex drove me to hospitol I passed out my throat was expanding with infection I got taken in room no time to sign I had under minute to live before choked to death seriously so doctor got scalpol Opend my mouth n cut inside of my throat no without her fast response I wouldn't be here so yes experience really counts to this day we still meet at Xmas LOL |
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