Nighttime Care Centers

Dec 2, 2007 by slimjim

This is am multi-office chain and may be the future of healthcare. That scares me. My son was showing signs of an ear... (More) This is am multi-office chain and may be the future of healthcare. That scares me. My son was showing signs of an ear infection and it was the weekend (of course). I assumed it was a drop-in clinic, but we were told to come back 6 hours later. OK. We arrived promptly, but had to wait an hour to be seen. Fine. The doctor was a bit strange, but did his job. I can take that. What really ticked me off was when I called for an urgent question regarding the prescription, I got their call center. Apparently the individual offices do not have direct lines. In order to talk to a doctor or receptionist you have to call the call center, which then calls the specific office, which then supposedly calls you. Too much red tape.
The bottom line is that if you MUST get care and don't want to go to the ER, NP is a viable alternative. If you think you can wait until your pediatrician opens, do it.  (Hide)

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