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OUR PRACTICE
When I was about ten years old my mother had an
episode of illness that required her to see a doctor urgently. She and
my father tried to schedule an urgent appointment with our local doctors
but no openings were available and all the doctors were booked.
My father had to go to work so my mother took me with her to the local
doctors hoping that once she is in their office she would be seen.
I remember distinctly holding my mother’s hand in the doctor’s office
and the secretaries saying “sorry no openings, we’ll squeeze you in in
two or three weeks” etc.
No doctor could find a few extra minutes in his day to see my very sick
mother .
Finally a kind nurse at one of the doctor’s offices suggested that we go
to an ER.
In the ER my mother and I waited for hours; sleeping on the chairs from
boardome then waking up and sleeping again and waking up again and still
her trurn did not come.
I remember my mother and I, being very thirsty and hungry while waiting,
and waiting and waiting.
Finally after several hours in the ER, my mother gave up and we went
back home where she had a family and children to take care of.
The next day my mother fainted at home. I remember distinctly the looks
of worry in my mother’s and father’s eyes. I remember my fathers secret
tears that he would wipe away quickly so that no one would see him in a
moment of weakness.
I also remember saying to myself, why don’t any of these doctors remain
a few more minutes to see my very sick mother who needed medical
attention desperately and would have earned some extra money at the same
time.
We were middle to upper middle class and money was not an issue with our
family.
This experience shaped my whole philosophy toward medicine and the
doctor patient relationship.
I decided then that I wanted to become the very best doctor that I could
ever be and to provide my patients with the best possible care, and the
best possible result, with the patient’s welfare as the most important
factor in my life at the most reasonable coast.
Why choose
us?
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