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Originally Posted by Talk Host

I had a 9 a.m. doctors appointment today. I arrived at 8:50 to a waiting room full of people. At 9:10, the receptionist stuck her head into the waiting room and said, "I just got a call from the doctor and he's in surgery and will be a half hour late."

I said, so, when he gets here, I will have to wait til all these other people see him first. She said, "your appointment is 9 a.m. and that's the first appointment time."

I could see that the others in the room were suddenly attentive. Three others spoke up and said, "We also have 9 a.m."

So, I sat back and tried to figure if I was going to wait or not. About 10 minutes later, the receptionist came back in and said, "we just got a call from the nurse and she says she doesn't know when the doctor will be here."

I asked if Monday was his surgery day, she said "yes." I asked why he would schedule appointments, let alone three at a time, on his surgery morning. She said that I'd have to ask the doctor and did I want to reschedule.

I said, "If I reschedule, It could be the same this as today." She said, "All doctors offices are like this."

I couldn't buy that answer, so I opted out. So now, I'm without treatment.

BTW, there was another lady in the room who said she had a 9 .m. appointment, but the receptionist said, "No, you're 11:30 tomorrow." The lady had papers in her hand and showed it to the receptionist, saying, "here look, it's my appointment information." The receptionist insisted that was wrong, but that she would squeeze her in "first thing" when the doctor get there.


BWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

WOW...I feel your pain and that's exactly why I stopped going to Moffitt in Tampa. All these sick, weak patients waiting and waiting and especiallly after that long drive just made me so very angry. I also found out that they double up on appointments which was the last straw in learning that five others had the same appt time as me, and I walked out of there with my medical records, never to return. Plus, the oncologist was never available and my appts were always with the NP. This hospital may be highly rated, however, their services to me were far from highly rated. GRRRRR

I then found Ocala Oncology with their satellite office close by TV and am very pleased with their services. Dr Maury Berger and his associates are just wonderful.