I brought my 9 month old into the Urgent Care Clinic because she was running a very high fever. We waited 2.5 hours to see a Doctor - fine, I understand I volume times -- especially during flu season. I was brought back to the clinic rooms after around 2 hours and asked...
I brought my 9 month old into the Urgent Care Clinic because she was running a very high fever. We waited 2.5 hours to see a Doctor - fine, I understand I volume times -- especially during flu season. I was brought back to the clinic rooms after around 2 hours and asked to wait for the doctor. The nurses attempted to check the weight of my little one. The first nurse was unable to get an accurate weight because she was so upset and sick that she wouldn't sit still on the scale. We accepted this as a situational circumstance, she was very upset and very ill -- not about to sit still on a little metal scale. 1 minute after I was brought back to the small waiting room, a second nurse came in to check her wight. I tried to tell her that it wasn't the first nurse's fault, my little girl was too sick to have the patience to sit on a scale. She tried, and again was unsuccessful. No surprise there. But really, she was not feeling well, I didn't want to upset her any more than she already was, and she insisted on trying again. ugh. fine I get it...
Finally, 30 or so minutes later, the doctor came in. He spent literally 1 minute checking my daughter over. During this time, the Doctor looked at her ears -- turns out she had an inner ear infection. My main disappointment was that he did NOT even check her temperature. I bought her in, first time being sick, with a fever, and he did not even confirm that she had a fever or how high it was. After I got home, I looked up inner ear infections -- apparently this could be a very severe problem - especially in small children. The doctor did not even give me an opportunity to ask a few necessary questions... how can I avoid this? Is Tylenol OK with the medication he prescribed? Could this be a symptom of another problem? He literally checked her ears, wrote the prescription, and said good-bye. WTH.
I know the clinic is busy, but after 2.5 hours wait time, I at least anticipated a small opportunity to be properly informed of her condition. OR at the LEAST to have the doctor check and reflect on her temperature which she was running all day long.
I came in to the clinic in tears, I mean, this was the FIRST time my little one was sick, and I was devastated. I didn't receive a single mention of sympathy or compassion from the staff. I understand that it wasn't about me, it was about my little one, but seriously, even an "It's ok" "the doctor will be with you as soon as he can" nothing. Very disappointed in this clinic, if the doc only spends 1 minute with each patient, how in the world did I have to wait 2.5 hours??