Dr Quack

Makes me wonder why some ppl can become qualified doctors:

TRUE LIFE STORY (from my Aunt in Canada...):

My aunt was sick over a few days and decided to try another GP apart from her usual one (for reasons i dun know, but for readers, pls dun doctor hope hor... makes it difficult for the docs to monitor ur progress, and may be dangerous to you if our history is incomplete.)

Anyway, this GP decided to give my aunt a 5 day course of antibiotics (?!?! in Canada?!?! I thought they were bloody stingy with antibiotics). This guy sure had some business plan coz my aunt was given 5 tabs of cefixime to be taken once a day. (For med ppl, it's an oral 3rd generation cephalosporin...) WHO THE HELL GIVES IT AS FIRST LINE ABX IN SUCH MINOR PRESENTATIONS? WORSE AS A GP!

It's freakin expensive like Canadian $25+ (compared to what she'd get with her usual doc... ~$10 which would still have been equally effective), plus it whacks so hard and broad... and get this...

THIS FUCKER TOLD MY AUNT SHE DIDN'T NEED TO FINISH HER ANTIBIOTICS! For non med ppl, this promotes the growth of resistant bacteria... Can't figure out the implication? Scenario: U catch a bloody pneumonia from someone and fall so bloody ill u get warded in the intensive care unit, only to be told sorry, no antibiotics can kill the bug u haf... and u're kinda left to die...

Den my aunt being a pre-diabetic (impared glucose tolerance), and typical Chinese, asked if she needed to avoid certain foods HAVING GIVEN A HISTORY OF abnormal glucose tests...

FUCKING DOCTOR TOLD HER SINCE SHE'S OVER 60 YRS OLD, SHE WON'T GET DIABETES!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!?!

It's these quacko doctors that give docs everywhere a bad name, drive up the bloody litigation and hence insurance fees (imagine if my aunt dev diabetes and decided to sue that quack) etc etc.

If u happen to be so fortunate as to have glanced past my blog, please do everyone a favour and kill yourself now. The world would be a very much better place without you.