“I’ve had to fire an excuse making do nothing surgeon.”
Yep, We had to fire one for wanting to do heart surgery that was not needed.
“Well at his age it is standard practice to just do it in case”. Exact words. Valve replacement.
No symptoms and no signs of build up issues on the echo. Second opinion was “healthiest heart ever seen in someone his age”. When Dad finally passed many years later from other ailments his heart didn’t get the message and would not let him go.
That “super heart specialist” has now lost his license to practice because Dad was not the only one. There were hundreds.
I have four kids in healthcare and they say this type of “business” is actually more common than most folks would think.
I inherited the surgeon in question right after the one who operated on me a few months before died unexpectedly. The guy was in the same practice and supposedly one of the best around. I bought into that.
After the second visit he seemed to have something against me. I never bothered him or the office, went through every test and passed. The next visit, change of plans. It seemed like he was making it up as he went along.
My last visit was the last straw. His sage medical wisdom was loose 40 pounds in a little over a month. He said he did with a smirk.
Everyone in medical I saw during those months all said that’s not right or looked at me surprised.
Through some Facebook contacts of a relative, I got a line on someone willing to play ball.
One stop shopping for exam and schedule.