It pains me to write about this experience inside the clinic of a General Practitioner whom I have always regarded as a dear friend. But I am compelled to write about it because this GP has done it to me twice.<\/p>\n
The first time was when I went to see him some few years ago. I was really feeling very sick but I waited patiently for at least 2 hours, hoping that he would write me a prescription for a much-needed antibiotic. He did not, insisting that I didn\u2019t need it because it was a mere viral infection.
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\nI left very much disappointed because he even said that he had the right not to accept me next time I wanted to see him. I then went straight to another doctor who readily issued me the requested prescription. This other doctor even gave me some professional samples of other medicines.<\/p>\n
Over the years, we became friends again and I went back to see him in his clinic. This time I had some ampules containing vitamin B-12 which was prescribed by the other doctor. I happened to be in the vicinity of his clinic so I thought it would pose no problem for him to administer an intramuscular injection of vitamin B-12.<\/p>\n
The other doctor who wrote the prescription observed that my blood pressure was way below normal. She then concluded that it was the immediate cause of my debility. I was also offered some fruit juice and cookies to help elevate my low blood sugar. She then wrote a prescription for Vitamin B-12.<\/p>\n
So I was really shocked when I was refused treatment by the other doctor. All I wanted was for him to administer the vitamin injection. At first, I thought he would, when he took a photocopy of the box containing the ampules. But later, he said he changed his mind. He also quite arrogantly declared that in the Philippines, he treated high-ranking military Generals, as if I was being belittled and demeaned for not belonging to that category.<\/p>\n
He added that he was \u201ca different kind of doctor,\u201d saying that he does not accede to what his patient wants, but rather treats his patients depending on his own diagnosis.<\/p>\n
I have no intention of seeing this doctor, ever again. In the first place, he said that he reserves the right to refuse seeing or treating a patient, so I also have the prerogative never again to visit his clinic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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