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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PCP office booked us for Dec. We asked for a quicker appt and we are apparently on a list. They told us to go to the ED or urgent care in the meantime. I remember not that long ago they saved a couple of last minute type spots for those that were unexpectedly unwell.  Guess they don't do that anymore. Now I can see why people like concierge. [/quote]

Health care provider here.  That is absolutely insane to me.  Even without the infection, he should have had a "check in" follow up due to having an ICU stay.  My PCPs office reached out to me to schedule a follow up a week out of my 1 night ICU stay .

I would also recommend trying to get an appt with either an ID doc or pulmonologist.  [/quote]

I agree with you and the others, but I did want to say that twice my kids have had emergency hospital stays (both times resulting in surgeries, once in the icu) and in neither case did their pediatrician suggest a follow up appointment with them. In one case my dc had post-surgery issues and the pediatrician was nice but nicely told us we needed to follow up with the hospital surgeon. When we did that, the surgeon said that their job was done and we needed to find a pediatric GI doctor. Which had a multi month wait and neither the pediatrician nor hospital surgeon assisted to help us get seen earlier.

My point here is that I bet this is more common than you’d think. But I’m heartened that you as a health care provider find it wrong. [/quote]

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