Have had a good relation with all staff, Dr. Johnson, Dr. "A" , Kelly and Dyan at check in..until…read moretoday..the above know I,m deaf and have a brain injury.
Had 1st appt with Kimberly Tucker...was supposed to see her 7 days ago but after1hr 20 min., nobody showed..except nice gal Carolina; who informed me That Dr Tucker still had 3 pts ahead of me. I had appts and meds I had to take,s so I told Carolina I.d have to leave.
No one even told me, or others waiting, the doc was running late. That was
7 days ago. Today she was only about 20 min late..stuff happens.
Tucker comes in.no eye contact, sits down at PC and starts asking questions.
She looked up when I didnt answer and I pointed to my hearing aids indicating problem. APPARENTLY NO ONE AT BANNER HAD PUT AN ADvISORY
IN MY CHART , "EXTREME HOH. "
I explained hoe to commune with me..Talk SLOWLY and clearly and Ill hear here. Instead she keeps talking fast and LOUDER; making me adjust my Aids.
She felt she had to dominate the conversation; even when I showed the
memo from Dr "A" as to what needed to be done
She kept elevating and reverting to fast speech. Finally she stormed out of Exam room. I waited for her to come back...had to check.. Carolina said '"she wasn't coming back to see me." Everyone out side heard her talking loud, then me having to respond loud that she was talking too fast.
I have NEVER been treated worse by anyone at any Med facility. I.m 79 years
old. Does she think I had a stroke to personally inconveniece her?
I graduated from Medical School at the beginning of the AIDS crisis,
worked in ERs at VA Phoenix, Tempe, Tempe St Lukes, Desert Samaritan,(clical rotations)
Bullhead City, and 9 years home care in N.Y. as a Respiratory Therapist,
...for starters,,
Ive never seen anyone treat a neuro- disabled person as Tucker did,..
ADA.."make reasonable accomadations for persons disablity...thats you.
ASking some one to talk slower and clearer..not louder seems to be
reasonable?..and refusing to see me because i ask? ADA enforcement is done by US Dept of Justice...
Some one, who won,t identify themselve called PCS and two Sheriffs showed
up in Lobby, embarrasing me. When they talked to me, and a nice
gal, a Navigater;it was clear I was not the problem.
At this point I suggest Banner involve RM for advice,
ARVISORY. If you got to Banner Ortho, and have hearing/neuro disabiliy
DO NOT see Dr Tucker. ON a HAPPY NOTE....... Everyboby else treated me nice today and I was able to converse with Deputies, Navigater, and gals at front desk.. hb
because they talked slowly and clearly... HOORAY
ADDENDUM. Events above that happened this morning were relative
to Banner Ortho' and Sports Med. at INA RD. facility; not Ajo Way office.
Sorry about that..My PC screen blocked out correct Facility.
All the rest remains the same. hb