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Originally Posted by freedomlover
Thornbird, how is the quality of your healthcare there? Do you get to select you own doctor? Do the doctors seem to give a damn up there? Down here sometimes I feel like cattle. When you go to the doctor, they don't take the time to listen to you, they just run you through like cattle. One of the worst experiences I had, and this is no joke. When my youngest was born, he was 2 months preemie. He was life-flighted to Topeka. He was assigned a Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor by the hospital. I was up there almost constantly. He had many complications (not as many as some up there thank God). Anyway, thru it all, even though I asked to speak directly to the doctor, I never met him. Not once!!!!! And once I started asking for my son to be brought back to my hometown hospital, well it wasn't pretty.
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Let me see if I can shine some light on this...
I find the quality of health care here great, the doctors are friendly and helpful, if you don't understand something they will explain and find information for you, so you do understand and some still make house calls.
Where I see my doctor, you will see a listing of doctors, if you see someone you like, just call and ask if they are taking new patients. I live in a small town, so there are about 6 different ones to choose from. Also, when you need a specialist, they will give you a choice of several different doctors.
My doctor, will sit and listen to you for an hour, if that is what it takes. When you leave his office, you feel you got 100% of his attention and the treatment you deserved.
There aren't too many Nurse Practitioneers here. Maybe one or two. But Preemies are not kept here, they would be airlifted to a bigger hospital approximately 2 hours from here. My god daughter was a preemie. I saw the doctor almost daily and he was always asking if we had questions. If you request to see a doctor here, even if he isn't in that day, a message and a time will be taken by the nursery nurse and the doctor will be there at your convience.