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submitted 1 month ago by theacharnian@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Taking away people's family doctors: How to make sure you lose the next election.

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[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

This makes no real sense. If you are a healthy person you aren't a "burden" on your doctor anyway. You are juat a name in their databae until you actually get sick. Removing you from a doctors care helps nobody.

Anecdotally, this scenario happened to me , not by government, but by overzealous office staff. After 5-6 years of never seeing my doctor I had to make an appointment. Staff said I wasn't a patient anymore and my file had been archived. WUT? i insisted the guy was atill my doctor, so they said they would call him up to see if he would still see me after 6 years. He responded "Of course I will still see him, he is my patient, you don't go to the doctor if you aren't sick!"

He seemed genuinely puzzled at his staffs logic. But seems from this article more people struggle with logic.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Some of the blame could also go to the medical software used by clinics, if it recommended a file be archived or even archived it on its own because no one turned that feature off.

Glad it worked out for you! :)

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

That archive part I get, but the staff believing I was no longer able to see my doctor is the stupid part.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree, hopefully the doctor got that sorted out with the staff afterwards

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