My 9 year old DD is just home from hospital recovering from a nasty appendicitis.
She developed the symptoms overnight and I phoned the GP surgery as soon as they opened at 8.30am and explained that I belived my daughter had appendicitis and would like an appt as soon as poss.
I was told that the only appt was 4pm as the Drs do not offer morning emergency appts and that there was no possibility to speak to anyone prior to that. I emphasised again that I was worried about her but the receptionist wan't budging.
In hindsight I should have gone straight to A&E at this point but waited it out for the appt. This was a mistake as the GP was of the opnion that there wasn't anything to worry about and sent us on our way.
Fortunately at this point. I trusted my instincts and took her to A&E and she went to theatre later that night.
I am upset with the Dr as I don't feel she took it seriously enough but in addition feel that the system of not seeing anyone in the morning is totally unreasonable. How many people must be worrying about a sick child overnight and phoning in at 8.30 only to be told they have to wait an additional 7 hours?
Surely they should at least have a triage system in place. Am I unreasonable in thinking this is totally
unsafe practice or is it the norm?
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ruby29 · 07/08/2011 19:17
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