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I had to go to the ER about 4 years ago. First doc attending was great but it was the very end of her shift. I wondered why she was being so kind and helpful for the last five minutes she would be there. Then the next doc came on-Muslim male. He was horrible: rude and dismissive. Worst part was that he misdiagnosed the problem. There were two possibilities, one of which (partial placental abruption) gets you admitted to the hospital. He rudely sent me home saying there is nothing we can do, it’s just a ruptured cyst. Thankfully my husband insisted I be off my feet while he was out of town the next day. A follow up with my OB showed that it was a partial placental abruption. Our daughter is three years old and very healthy, no thanks to that doc.

I talked to a director of a large nursing home system (she is a nurse) in that town. She has a genetic heart condition and sees a cardiologist regularly. She had a heart attack a few years ago, got to the ER-different Muslim doc. Wouldn’t believe her, said it was panic attack. Pumped her full of sedatives and yelled at her to calm down or they couldn’t help her as her bp remained high. He ultimately transferred her to a larger hospital because she demanded it and since he did it within two hours (literally was there for 1 hour 59 min) he kept his license, but not his job. Transport was standard ground, no lights or sirens. Wouldn’t email the EKG to cardiologist, just sent paper copy. She crashed on the way and they had to revive her. Cardiologist told her that if he would have emailed the EKG then she would have been airlifted. She is a medical professional who knew what reports to file, otherwise he would still be employed. She considered a malpractice suit but because she got transferred to a higher level of care within two hours he didn’t commit malpractice.

This is a real and serious issue as our lives are in the hands of people who want us dead. And no one will admit the problem.