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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I missed the point you just made. An emergency visit is not the same at all as being monitored by a physician routinely. An emergency visit cannot detect all health issues that may be sickening a patient.
People frequently take medication for conditions that do NOT cause them to feel ill or be ill. Those people feel healthy but they have conditions that if left untreated will blossom into dangerous health issues.
My response to you a few posts back about the issue that you stated at the beginning of this thread that you started is that your doctor/service/office wanted to see you every three months. I responded by saying either your doctor is wrong or you are ignoring his advice.
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I hope this clears it up: Yes, I received an automated call from my HMO stating that it had been 3 months since my last visit and that I should contact my doctor to make an appointment. When I called my HMO, after starting this thread, they said the automated message goes out to everyone. It was not specific to me.
About the hospital patient: She thought she might have been having a heart attack but the doctor said otherwise. So it wasn't that she came in for one thing and died of another.