Calgary needs a 24 hour clinic!

[michika]

This city needs a 24 hour clinic. We have a severe short of family doctors, and all our current walk-in clinics are no longer walk in. The only time you can be a walk-in is if you hurt yourself between the hours of 10am and 12pm, and make an appointment ahead of time. I've been sick for the past two weeks and have already made two visits to such facilities, taking days off for each.

First time I went all I wanted was a cough suppressant so I could sleep. I ended up waiting 2.5 hours past my appointment, and had to go home. They'd seen their quota of patients and it was past 12pm. My appointment was for 10:20am.

Second time, before I even said anything the physician on duty declared that there would be no antibiotics for me and gave me a 10 minute lecture on why I shouldn't ask for them. For the record I was again asking for a cough suppressant that would just let me sleep. I also had pain in my ribs when I coughed and thought I might have fractured something, I asked for an x-ray. The "physician" proclaimed that there was no bruising, so it couldn't be fractured/broken/damaged at all. I don't bruise easily at all, and disputed the physician's statement. I ended up leaving a complaint letter about the visit and the behavior. It was wrong for the physician to immediately assume that I was seeking antibiotics, and dismissing my other symptoms as nothing, not to mention the "I am better then you" tone the guy had the whole time.

Yesterday I started calling for an appointment around town, and was told by 4 separate places that they are only seeing sick children, or sick parents, no non-parents. Non-parents get sick too, and we are no less important then everyone else.

So now its 2 am, I can't sleep, my hacking is horrific, my ribs hurt when I cough, and I'm pretty sure that I now have strep throat. Yay! I guess I will be taking yet another un-paid sick day off for something I've been trying to deal with for over two weeks.