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Automatic_Plant2277 t1_jabv9jk wrote

I babaysit a girl who has to to all the way to NYC to see a doctor. I have also thought about flying to Mexico and seeing a doctor because this shit is fucking crazy. I’m from the west and was able to see a doctor within the week but after moving here I’m so frustrated with the medical community. I also think my doc is racist and I have to change but how can I if there isn’t any doctors taking new patients. Also if I do get a miracle, what will happen if my next doctor is also racist????

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illusivealchemist t1_jadnj8x wrote

I have gone to mx before for care and it was wonderful. But how fucked up is it that we have to consider this? Our medical people are burnt out - my family in the medical field are so toasted and have lost a lot of patience, which is not good for anyone. The hopsital group my doctor sibling works for is the devil, so that doesn’t help. :/ and all the nurses i talk to, as i’ve met a lot of the ones that are travel nurses for cvmc/psych hospital here, say they make fair wages only by traveling. My mother is a nurse who traveled before and during the pandemic around the new england area and says more nurses are doing that, resulting in a failure for local people to be retained bc the prospective money elsewhere is greater, esp seeing contracts are like, 13 weeks or so. Something has to change for all workers in the country, including medical staff. It’s bad.

Also, i am sorry about your racist doctor! What hospital group are they associated with - uvm or dhmc?

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