Red Tape Hot Box on Sick and tired
But if things look bad on paper, they look even worse in reality, as my family's acquaintance found out...
This young lady has a ten-month-old baby boy. After her son had a high fever and a rash for a few days, she took him to their district clinic. There the receptionist informed her that the pediatrician had already gone home (even though he was supposed to be on duty for another hour). He'd had no patients all day, so he saw no point in waiting for them any longer. Having received no help at the clinic, she took her infant to a children's hospital. The poor baby didn't find much help there either, as neither those doctors who specialize in infants nor those who deal with older children could help. Well, one doctor prescribed a special ointment, but the parents had to buy the ingredients necessary to make it themselves. After a few hours of searching in various districts of Warsaw they finally managed to find the precious ingredients. The next day (with the baby still having a fever and the rash getting worse) the doctor prepared the ointment. It didn't have any healing effect. On the contrary, the baby immediately began swelling and the rash started to cover the treated areas. The only thing left to do was to go to the main children's hospital. There our acquaintance faced another problem. The receptionist kindly informed them that they couldn't see any of the doctors because they weren't registered. Since there were no patients waiting, our acquaintance wanted to sign the baby up. She couldn't do it as this can only be done by phone. The fact that you are there and your child is sick doesn't matter. So what did the poor mother do? She walked out of the building, took her cell phone and a few minutes later the baby was being carefully examined by a doctor. Can you believe it?
As I'm writing this text the baby is feeling better, although the doctors didn't really find out what had caused the rash or the fever. The baby received no help in two hospitals and only thanks to its mother's ingenuity (born of desperation) was it admitted to the third. I still wonder how many doctors go home early because no patients are coming.
This young lady has a ten-month-old baby boy. After her son had a high fever and a rash for a few days, she took him to their district clinic. There the receptionist informed her that the pediatrician had already gone home (even though he was supposed to be on duty for another hour). He'd had no patients all day, so he saw no point in waiting for them any longer. Having received no help at the clinic, she took her infant to a children's hospital. The poor baby didn't find much help there either, as neither those doctors who specialize in infants nor those who deal with older children could help. Well, one doctor prescribed a special ointment, but the parents had to buy the ingredients necessary to make it themselves. After a few hours of searching in various districts of Warsaw they finally managed to find the precious ingredients. The next day (with the baby still having a fever and the rash getting worse) the doctor prepared the ointment. It didn't have any healing effect. On the contrary, the baby immediately began swelling and the rash started to cover the treated areas. The only thing left to do was to go to the main children's hospital. There our acquaintance faced another problem. The receptionist kindly informed them that they couldn't see any of the doctors because they weren't registered. Since there were no patients waiting, our acquaintance wanted to sign the baby up. She couldn't do it as this can only be done by phone. The fact that you are there and your child is sick doesn't matter. So what did the poor mother do? She walked out of the building, took her cell phone and a few minutes later the baby was being carefully examined by a doctor. Can you believe it?
As I'm writing this text the baby is feeling better, although the doctors didn't really find out what had caused the rash or the fever. The baby received no help in two hospitals and only thanks to its mother's ingenuity (born of desperation) was it admitted to the third. I still wonder how many doctors go home early because no patients are coming.
