General Medical bureaucracy

[Sighs]

He went off to the public hospital today on his own. I had to work. He drove for 3 hours to get there. They lost some of his paperwork and turned him away from the x-ray department. When they finally got in touch with the specialist, he denied he had ever written a request for an x-ray, but provided one. (??)

My vet had the x-ray and then left. He says he doesn't want to see a doctor who has no integrity.

No wonder I cannot convince him to engage with the health system. They cause his stress cup to overflow every time he interacts with them. Sigh!

 

[EveHarrington]

Hugs.

 

[Sweetpea76]

I wish these people would get a better understanding of who they're dealing with when they deal with vets. They're broken because they served. Being cared for medically is part of the benefits they were promised when they agreed to serve.

Hold up your end of the bargain, because they held up theirs!! :mad:

 

[Sighs]

I know there are a lot of problems with the Vet Centres in the US, but here you are turfed out into the civilian health system. DVA pick up the tab but you've got to somehow navigate your way from GP to pathology to imaging to specialist to pharmacist to surgeon to hospital. He's been institutionalised. He's used to a military hospital where you turn up and everything you need is right there and the staff have read your file and know your history. He genuinely cannot cope.

 

[Snowflakes]

Reading these posts about your vets breaks my heart. It seems a lot of people have forgotten the Mission Statement for their jobs: “To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.” (President Lincoln 1865)