how to report a shady doctor?

[fabulouslyghetto]

Speechless. Umm, have you asked the hospital who his superior is or if they have a complaint line?

 

[Jory]

All I can suggest is the American Medical Assoication

 

[Telstra]

recently, I went to a doctor to treat a genital wart. I was desperate to get it resolved, and since I don't have health insurance, this was the best option financially (though it wasn't free). Looking at things in retrospect, I should have been more leery of the doctor's practices, but I didn't have enough expertise in medical/office procedures to fully comprehend his doings. Anyway, here's what happened:

- the doctor proposed a treatment procedure before examining me
- when he did examine me, it was without gloves
- after the initial "exam," the receptionist pressured me into paying 50% of the treatment procedure, even though I had only seen the doctor for 5 minutes
- on the day of treatment, the doctor jabbed himself with the needle while drawing anesthetic from a vile - enough to draw blood. At this point, I wanted to get up and run, but I was arrested under some pathological subordination to authority. And yes, he did use this needle on me, though it didn't seem that there was any blood on it.
- after the procedure, it seemed that he didn't remove the wart at all but rather cut a small incision on its side
- he left the room without giving me further instructions, and before I could put my clothes on.

As I said, everything about this situation wreaked of shadiness, but I was too weak to stand up for myself, and I feel I put myself in danger in the process. Is there recourse I can take against this doctor? Not to get my money back, but so that he doesn't do this to other patients?

copy this post and give it to the appropriate authority.

 

[Croynan]

well to start with you might consult the Better Business Bureau with your problem and see who they can refer you to.

what would be wrong with a letter to the Board of Medical Examiners for the State that you live in?

what about contacting a local council man or woman to see who they might refer you to as far as a state medical agency?

do you have any regular doctors you see - call them and discuss what has happened to you and ask them for references as to who you might contact regarding the situation you have just experienced.

what would be wrong with contacting the main Gay and Lesbian Assoc. in your area and seek medical consultation with them so that they can refer you to the right medical or legal agency in your state that would handle matters like this?

just a few minor thoughts of the local village idiot.

eM.

 

[racer2438]

contact the state medical board in your state/town/county.

Spell it all out as you did here, and make a claim.

But the part the was your fault, was a few, like----> you should have asked in detail what he was going to do, you should have ask for sterol gloves that he wear,

and I would have to him.........YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STICK ME WITH THAT NEEDLE.

That is a major fault you did.


But that still does not negate what he did. He should have known better.

and you should have know that he should not have stuck you with the needle. You had shot before , you know how sterol it has to be, .

Like I said he did major wrong here.

 

[AngelFromAbove]

That's a shame. Report it as soon as possible. That's all I can say.

 

[Corny]

hey pablum, i cleaned this thread a bit and moved it to the health and wellbeing forum, where it can be discussed ontopic.

i can't help you much, since things are different over here.

just a few things:
about the missing gloves - as long as he disinfects his hands properly every time, i don't think that's too much of a problem.
about the "incision" - what exactly did he do? usually they are burnt or lasered away (sometimes frozen). but i also read about some kind of therapy where they inject something in the wart that makes the immune system fight it. maybe he did that

 

[boredman321]

While your doing Legal work... keep an eye on yourself and the incision ... sounds like you might be at risk for an Infection.

 

[biguy732]

Your state medical board.

 

[racer2438]

Stop blaming him, like he's done anything wrong. It's not productive and isn't going to benefit him. The only mistake he made was trusting an incompetent doctor. Who hasn't? Also, it's "sterile", not "sterol".

Definitely report this. Since you were pricked with a used needle, you'll need to be tested for HIV, hepatitis and any other bloodborne illnesses.

I did not blame,









I said it was his fault for not asking questions as to what the going tohappen.

and if someone was going to stick a dirty needle in you, I assume you would say something----right.------anyone would speak out and say something about it.

but may be you would not as it seems you dont know clean from dirty needles.

I for one speak and ask all kinds of questions from any doctor I see. I asked what meds/injections they are giving. Mistakes happen all the time.

So by fault I mean he should have asked ?'s and refused to take that injection w/dirty needle. Thats what I meant but you took it ass-backwards.
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even though I misspelled 1 one word, you still got what I meant say, but you had to find something else to bitch about.

 

[jockboy01]

Well, first I would go see a different doctor and get any issues taken care of first.

Then you could consider further action. I guess I would start low and work higher... speak with the doctor himself first. It may not get you very far but I'm not for jumping everybody and going to the medical board.

 

[Dave1958]

If he did stick himself, its going to be your word vs his. His records which you will question wont verify your account. The course of treatment which he laid out before examination maybe because you were there to remove a genital wart, and his procedure his standard to what was done. My best medical advice is if it seems logical procede, if not get up and leave. Some people just dont get along for whatever reason with another and in a profession al setting this is important. Trust and competiance are important, but personality( bedside manner) goes even further

 

[racer2438]

Are you finished?

With you oh yeah,---lol

you better loosen you panties cuz they have stop the flow of blood to your brain..

Dude , not really just kidding, you read way to far into my post and thats not what I meant.

if you took it that way, well I cant do anything about that.. But we all precive things differently.

So it is what it is.. just chill, there are more important things that can be done..

 

[yeahman21]

What purpose did it serve for him to stick himself?

 

[tboy79]

most state medical boards have websites you can go look up all the licensed doctors in the state on. You can get a history of all the board actions and sometimes get the full text to a board action online.

the other thing you can do is ask about their insurance. most dirty docs will go with a state-run insurance carrier because the others will not take them because of too much risk.

hth
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edit: you can also report complaints on the same websites.