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New Post 5/8/2007 6:32 PM
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I may have a possible law suit but I'm not sure what practice area I should look for. I can't seem to find anyone that is willing to represent my case as well as work with me on expenses.

This is what happened:

I was put in one of the ER rooms and was waiting for the doc to come in and see me. When the doctor entered the room he was very friendly. He asked what had happened as if he was very concerned. When I told him how I had broke my hand again, the doctor acted as if he wanted nothing to do with me. He did not examine my hand and he made the remark "It looks like you did more than pop your dog. It looks more like you punched it!" I had just previously told the doctor that I had broken my hand a while ago and I did not think it had healed properly. Soon after that, he left the room and I sat there for approx. two hours. I started wondering what was taking so long, so I went to the nurses desk to find out when I was going to get my X-Rays and to see if I could get something for the pain in my hand. The nurse had to page X-Ray because someone failed to do so after the doctor had seen me. I went for X-Rays and went back to my room. I waited for another hour and a half and still know one came to talk to me about the X-Rays. So I went back to the nurses desk and asked if anyone was going to go over the X-Rays with me. The nurse seemed really surprised when I asked her that. The nurse replied,"The doctor has not come back there to talk to you yet?", and I told her no and that I was really exhausted and was ready to go home. The nurse went and found the doctor for me. When the doctor came in, he barely opened the door and stuck his head in and said in a hateful voice "Your hand is broken. Go get a cast!" and then slammed the door behind him. The doctor was not willing to discuss the X-Rays for my hand with me and he acted like he did not want any thing to do with me the whole time I was a patient at the hospital. Before I left the hospital, I went to the nurses station and told the nurses that I was not happy nor was I happy with the treatment or the nonprofessional attitude that I got from the doctor. The nurse apologized and gave me a number to call to make a complaint. The next day, I called the number and spoke with a lady that took my complaint. About a month later a doctor called me back and he introduced himself as the head doctor that manages the other doctors. He asked me to explain what had happened that night at the ER and so I did. After I finished explaining everything, the doctor asked me if I had received my medical bills and I told him I was not sure. He said that when I got the bills, to call him and he would take care of them. After he said that to me, I felt like he was bribing me.

 

Can someone please help me?!

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