Has Anyone Ever Experienced Not Being Able To Get To See A Doctor?

No never. That is outrageous. I would have been tempted to take her to the surgery and ask for an emergency appointment. Maybe we are exceptional, but our surgery will see us anytime between 8 and 5. I think that you did the right thing thing her to the hospital. Hope that she's on the mend now.

I have had this many times. But I do somewhat to a degree understand where the doctors are coming from. To see my family doctor it takes me about a month or more to get in to see her. I don't like this at all so I find myself going to walk in clinics alot because of this happening quite a bit. If it is more serious I have to go to the Emergency room which takes hours and hours to get through. The patients I don't have to sit and wait to see a doctor. It truly does suck the medical field turning people away like they do. I was at my boyfriends 2 hours from my doctor and I don't have a doctor out that way. I went in with an extreme case of ear infection. I was turned away that morning because there was no doctor on duty. You do have to realize that they don't keep a doctor on duty but on call because it being a small town. Anyway I came back awhile later when the doctor was to be in and got checked out. He told me I was lucky to come in when I did or I would have been deaf if I left it any longer. There were repocautions taken on the nurse sending me away. There are too few doctors to the patients in the world that is one problem that I see everywhere you go.

you can complain to the government about that, it is not right, and he is supposed to see emergency cases, especially a child. What I mean by emergency is something that has to be attended to like that or it could get worse and you don't have an appointment.

No I haven't and he should have seen her right away! I have earaches myself and man they hurt! Hope she is on the mend now!

I don't wait anymore. Thankfully the kids are covered under good insurance so if the doctor is unavailable, I go to the Urgent Care. If that's not open I go to the Emergency Room. When your child is sick or in pain, you don't want to wait for someone to see them. As it is, going to Urgent Care or the ER, you sit and wait for hours anyway.

That is really bad, there was a time when children used to be a priority, and as soon as you phoned and said it was a child they would see you straight away no matter what. Ear infection is the worst type of pain ever, I only ever had it once and I was an adult and it was unbearable so gosh knows what it was like for your daughter. I have never had a problem getting in my doctors for an appointment, but as I said they do not prioritise children like they used too. But at least your daughter has the antibiotics, and they usually work pretty quick.

Thats terrible ellie!Alot of doctors have way too many patients these days. I would done the same thing going to the emgergency ward. Im glad she got the medicine she needed. I finally found the best family doctor and whenever I have a problem he takes me right away. But it took me my whole life to find a good one.LOL

i have! i do not always go to doctors especially if its just a flu, a cold that can be cured by having a good rest. i do not want my body to be immuned with medicines.

I do feel for you with that situation and I hope her ear is better. Ear infections are miserable I know. I recently had where my one tooth had gone very bad. Now I had two molars that were broken and had been for a while but they didn't hurt so since money is tight I put them off. The one though started hurting. I figured it would stop so just used over the counter stuff to ease the pain. I woke up the one morning and couldn't breathe without it hurting let alone swallow anything, the pressure hurt the tooth. So I started calling. The one place I'd been too before, they couldn't see me for a week. Now I couldn't eat and could barely drink, there was no way I could wait a week. I had to call some more. I found one who saw me that day. I had to borrow money from my parents for it but I got in and they took care of both teeth. It just got me how the one didn't want to see me for so long. That really got me. I can understand maybe not that day but a week? That was just nuts.

I have indeed experienced a situation like that! When I first arrived in California, I needed to find a pediatrician for my son, and I could not get accepted anywhere! Seems there was a lot of new people in town and a shortage of doctors accepting new patients! I finally asked one of the receptionists at the last place that was recommended to me, "How does anybody find a doctor in this town?" That was a big clue to the doctor and his staff that I was new in town, not just another local looking to switch doctors, so we were accepted since it was an unusual circumstance! A few years later, I had to find a doctor for me, and I had to go to four or five doctors before finding one that was right for me! I know of a lot of people who have had to go to the emergency room because they did not have a doctor or could not get an appointment! Drop-in clinics are good, but not always available.

so far,,i never have an experienced by not being able to see doctor,,so how is your child now?...

hi ellie-that must of been an awful experience for your daughter thanfully your hospital has helped her' i can't say that i have had any experience of that kind but do knoww where i live is expanding very quickly and our doctors surgery are now having to refer new patients of our village to other drs further afield-the one thing that i do remember though is my sister came over and she had an awful accident but when i rang my drs they sent someone out asap who had to admit her to hospital-so they were brilliant-its such a shame to hear how badly your daughter was treated i hope she is feeling better-your friend littleowl

Hey Ellie, im so sorry about your daughter. earinfections are the worst! hope she feels better soon. usually if i have some sory of infection i got to immediate care instead of a doctor. its alot faster and easier. in january i was having this problem with my skin, it burned and was peeling off. but i couldn't get in to see a specialist for 4 weeks. and by the time i got to finally see the doctor, my skin was back to normal. it was just horrable!

In China,it is also difficult to see a doctor.You have to wait in a queue for a long time.but you have only several minutes to taik to the doctor.

Ellie I have not experienced anything like that before and I think it is awful that they would not see the Child and to leave her with the Pain Earache is one of the worse Pains you can have and I would say that it is an Emergency specially if a Doctor or Nurse will not see her The Pain alone can cause a lot of stress and anxiety how can they justify not seeing the Girl I am glad that the Hospital saw to her and sorted her out

When I suffered from a retinal detachment in my eye, my mom and i went to the emergency room to find out what was wrong. We waited 7 hours to get in to see a doctor, and we were bascially told nothing could be done about it. After seeing a REAL doctor the next day, we learned just how bad time is in that kind of situation.