I started bleeding from vagina and went to the doctor. She is the doctor who is "attached" to my area. She sent me to do tests. While they arrive I bled even more. I asked her what to do and she said: "You've been going around like this for a week, why not go around like this more?" and prescribed me oral contraceptives (thought I told her that I was just divorced and did not need it). She said that I was hormonal. I then asked her for my tests to ask some other doctor. She seemed offended and gave me a bunch of papers. It was on Friday and on Saturday it was bleeding really badly, so I had to check into a private clinic. They said it was uterine bleeding, and I had an operation, and the bleeding stopped. When they looked through the tests results she gave me, there was one with a strange name and it showed gonorrhea! She gave me someone else's result.
Do you think she did it on purpose?
2007-09-02 03:35:17 · 8 answers · asked by 17 3 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Get a new doctor! FAST!!! Your health is not something to mess around with.
2007-09-02 04:04:16 · answer #1 · answered by saloon girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO doctor would EVER do such a thing-It would be completely unethical.
She would have breached the other patients medical confidentiallity especially as a STD was involved.
I think that the result was accidentally misfiled in your notes.That is one reason that I always only had one set of notes on my desk at the same time to minimise the risk of errors/misfiling.
What I would suggest is to return the result to the previous doctor-explain the circumstances and that the information will remain confidential-She will be very grateful .
2007-09-02 03:56:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think she gave you the results of someone else's test on purpose, but she sure has a problem in how she works. I wouldn't deal with her and, I think I would let the medical association know about what happened.
2007-09-02 03:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by Simmi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Report her!! OMG she sounds whacko! Your lucky you went into a clinic...you could have continued to lose blood and who knows what would of happened! She called you "hormonal"!!! are you serious! Completely unprofessional!
2007-09-08 09:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by yahoo ID 89523 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd report her to the health board as both unethical and giving out other patients information thus compromising their privacy.
2007-09-02 03:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by Hallie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that it was on purpose but if you ever go back and tell her and she laughs then i would reccommend ssueing her bacause thats seirious
2007-09-02 03:41:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
awwwwwww call a lawyer my friend and turn her in that was male practice for sure call the better business burea on her. i would be mad as hell very unprofessional
2007-09-02 09:51:34 · answer #7 · answered by Deb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Change docs NOW!
2007-09-02 04:01:36 · answer #8 · answered by I <3 My Hamster Smokey! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋