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Incompetent Doctors

posted 14 years ago by nyshrink
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This show reminds me of "America's Most Wanted." On that show, purportedly we were trying to catch fugitives. In reality, it was an expose of the incompetence of our legal and judicial systems. This show is supposedly a science show, but it's really an expose of idiot doctors who tell people with obviously horrendous symptoms that they have the flu or allergies. I wonder how many lawsuits have been brought by the characters in this show against their doctors? In tonight's episode someone died, probably because he didn't get diagnosed in time.

At least four out of five doctors I have known have been incompetent. I now only go to doctors I have researched as tops in their field and if it means I have to pay thousands of dollars, that's what I do.

[–] jspost10 14 years ago

Nyshrink: I saw that episode where the guy died too. What amazed me is that the doctors diagnosed him with meningitis but didn't do a spinal tap for two weeks when the guy returned after not getting any better. Treatment should have moved much faster and more aggressively due to the fact that the patient had an autoimmune disorder and things were more likely to affect him more than it would a healthy person.

Now, there's not a whole lot a doctor can do about viral meningitis but if the guy had bacterial meningitis then a antibiotics would have helped take care of it.

Considering the fact that well over 95% of the people who contract this parasite die, he really didn't have a good chance as it was. However, I think that more could be done in the interim.

[–] blackno31 10 years ago

If meningitis is so much as suspected, first order of business is lumbar puncture (spinal tap). What third world country was that show in?! And I too try to avoid "teaching hospitals" like the plague...Q:"what do you call a person who graduated at the bottom of his med school class?" A: "Doctor."

[–] Tracey73 14 years ago

nyshrink - I completely agree. I love this show, but I also watch Mystery Diagnosis.

It's sickening to see these doctors with just not admit that they have no idea what is going on with the sick person and try and get them into a specialist who might help. I think that's the main thing that is wrong with so many doctors. They don't want to admit that they're wrong on the diagnosis and have no idea what's going on.

A good doctor will take your mystery illness seriously and will admit they have no idea what's going on and then help you find a specialist that might be able to help you.

I've been through my own horrors a few times. So, I can truly identify and feel sympathy for so many of these stories on both this show & Mystery Diagnosis.

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[–] howardkoor 7 years ago

If the show brings to light how the medical professionals can get it wrong, it is doing its job! I am not anti-doctor. They get it wrong sometimes and that's too bad. Would you rather go back 400 years and have that medical care?

[–] Pure_Narcotic 14 years ago

Good for you. Not everyone has the ability to pay thousands of dollars to see a legitimate doctor.

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[–] PopSixSquish 10 years ago

Couldn't agree more.
But I also found it strange how long a lot of the people waited, trying to treat themselves at home before going to the hospital...even a full day or two with some of the horrible, obviously very weird and serious symptoms they described or were suffering was too long to not at least be on the phone with a good doctor...

One of the worst ones, I thought, was the girl who somehow got rabies. Weeks of daily headaches, inability to focus dilated eyes, triple-vision, severe behavioral changes and mood swings, severe shaking...and only after she collapses in a store with a seizure does she wind up in the emergency room? They had to figure it out from an autopsy.

[–] Maya55555 8 years ago

My mother and father were KILLED by doctor incompetency.

The lawyers were worse. All they cared about was that my parents, who were on Social Security were not worth very much
in recovery dollars. They were not earning in the millions or were young enough to matter.

I heard the same c**p from seven different malpractice attorneys. This case was in black and white, if you know what I mean.

"A stitch in time, saves your embarrassment." (RIP Ms. Penny LoBello)