Incompassionate Doctors...
By Jshean20
@Jshean20 (14347)
Canada
August 2, 2012 11:38am CST
I've been offer work since July 10th for medical reasons, I'm experiencing pain in my wrist due to a ganglion cyst ( you are probably all wondering why I'm on mylot with wrist pain, well I'm able to be on the computer for short periods of time but my job requires constant typing which is where the issue comes into play here). In order to recieve sickness/ injury benefits in Canada you may be required to provide a medical certificate from the doctor, well the doctor refused to fill this out for me which might cause me to lose out on the benefits. He really made me feel like I was wasting his time and was rushing me through the consultation, when I tried to get him to sign the certificate he said "well your family doctor would have to do that", well I don't have a family doctor and I was referred to him ( a specialist) for a reason! I do have doctors notes to back up all my consoltations and they all say dates that I'm expected to return back to work, do you think if it comes down to it that these notes would cover that in liu of the certificate? I can't believe the mistreatment I recieved, how would I report such a thing? It's not like I was asking him to put a date on there just so I don't have to go to work, I just wanted it filled out up until I return to work after the cyst is removed. Thanks for you input, any personal experiences would be appreciated also.
2 responses
@PhillyDreamer (3039)
• United States
2 Aug 12
Usually the first doctor to diagnose the problem is who you want to go to. For legal reasons doctors doctors may be unallowed to sign certain documentation. Speak to your HR rep at work and see if there is another option.
@Jshean20 (14347)
• Canada
2 Aug 12
Thanks for your input. Usually sickness/ injury benefits start being paid after you apply as long as you have enough hours of employement. It won't be an issue to get the benefits right away, I'm just worried about the part that says "obtain a medical certificate as we may ask for it later). I'm hoping that because I'm not taking the full 15 weeks and I have other documentiation if needed, that this doesn't become an issue.
@PhillyDreamer (3039)
• United States
2 Aug 12
The fact is you can't twist a doctors arm to sign something, but it sounds like you have plenty of doctors who might agree to sign it, if the specialists doesn't want to sign it. Go to the doctor who sent you to the specialists.
@Jshean20 (14347)
• Canada
2 Aug 12
I probably should but I hate feeling like I'm wasting someones time, I was sent to a specialist for a reason, reason being that the doctor couldn't do anything further. It just feels weird going to the doctor just to ask him to sign something, might not have a choice. Thanks again.
@cher913 (25781)
• Canada
2 Aug 12
well, depending on where you live, especially if you live in a city, the city would have a medial referral organization and i think you could complain to it. plus, the province you live in should have an area where it can be notified as well. it may take some digging, but it would be worth it just for peace of mind.
