Yes. I'd go find a new doctor. You should never be yelled at for complaining
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Yes, you had the right for getting upset fir waiting. That is way to long to have to wait. But do you know why he was late?
I will just tell you one of my memory and you will understand if you are right or wrong. I had a heart operation. As normal after the operation I was in Intensive Care room. I stayed there for 2 days. But 1 day was a extra day. I waited for 1 day at intensive care room because they couldn't find a free room to me.
Patients have rights as well. One is the expectation for a timely office visit. If you don't get that and there is no reasonable explanation for the delay, change doctors. I have heard of patients actually billing a doctor for their lost time waiting. Don't hold your breathe waiting for that bill to get paid but it has been done successfully.
You have every right to be mad. It's a service you pay for , you are the customer I would ask the doctor and staff if their time is more important than yours? Sometimes the doctors have no control over wait times. You could argue the cost of your visit based on the service you received .
In that case I would knowingly dedicate in my pants and tell the Doctor that I had pain in my stomach... Then SURPRISE!!!
I don't mind waiting for 15-30 minutes because things can happen in a doctors office. After 30 minutes I tell the receptionist that I can't wait any longer, and I leave. My time is valuable too, and I won't wait longer than 30 minutes for a doctor.
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I'm to sad to hear you are ill... cyber (()).. you are right to be angry....Did you ask to be compensated for your inconvenience?.. I hope you get well quickly.....
Yes, you had the right, his receptionist should have re did your appointment... if he was to be running that late, I think it was unprofessional and inconsiderate on his part, not only with the time delay but to then take an attitude with you when you expressed displeasure. Lots of doctors just don't care about their patients, maybe if not to difficult for you, have a friend refer you to a more caring doctor..
Yes you are right. Never let a doctor yell at you and try to bully you when you are expressing genuine displeasure with your treatment. Find another doctor, someone who doesn't treat you badly.
Oh yeah, you had every right to be ticked off. I had a 9 o'clock appointment time once, and while going in the door, the Dr. came in behind me, and gave his receptionist some keys, and told her in front of a packed waiting room "I am going to do rounds, I will be back around 12" I was speechless.....for a minute. Then, I began ranting. This was not the first time he had been horribly late or unprofessional. But, that was the last time I went to him, with his arrogant attitude like he was the only doctor around. Sometimes I think some Doctors forget that without patients, they won't be driving those Mercedes.
I work in an emergency department. We prioritize patients by the acuity of their condition. It isn't first come first served. We get a lot of patients who get angry because they have to wait for their minor and sometimes non existing ailment for longer than they planned, while we take care of more emergent patients first. If you came in first for a simple splinter removal, you are going to have to wait while we stabilize the guy who got shot in the chest who just came in. Not to say we won't see and treat everyone. But it's about prioritization of patients based on their acuity, not how long they have been there, or how long the patient expected it to take. In medicine the care required is varied and generally unpredictable. In the case of your doctor, it may be he was with another patient or patients that required more extensive care than expected. It's one thing if your doctor scheduled you for a 9:00 appointment and chose to not come into the office until 1030 when he felt like it. It's another thing if he got tied up at the hospital or in the OR or with another patient, and the delay was unavoidable.
Very unprofessional of the doctor to argue with you. A good doc would have humbly apologized and asked how he could help. I would have been upset too, and even more that he would treat me so rudely. I wonder where these people get such big heads... They volunteered to be "helpers" not high paid @$$'s! Ok ok calm down, stress is not good for our health lol.
