I was scheduled for a hysteroscopy this morning and upon arrival was asked by the receptionist to put on a face mask to which I politely declined. The receptionist then proceeded to get the office manager who also told me I had to wear a mask and I declined then asked her to speak with the doctor and if he said I needed to wear one, I would comply. The office manager told me it wasn't about my "feelings". I agreed it is not about feelings, it is about science. The science says that masks do not prevent the spread of a respiratory virus and their policy goes against current CDC guidelines which states that masks are no longer required in medical facilities. I explained that I was just at the office 2 other times over the last 2 weeks maskless and was seen without incident. In fact, the doctor performed my pap smear without a mask on his face. The receptionist called me a liar. The receptionist also had her mask below her nose, which I pointed out. I asked a second time for the office manager to speak with the doctor about if I needed to wear a mask. She went into the back to do so but instead of speaking with the doctor, came back to the waiting area with the police. Let me point out this is all happening within a matter of 5-10 minutes. This must mean they called the police when the receptionist first went into the back to speak with the manager. I was in the office for less than 25 minutes in total this morning. How quickly 3 cops showed up MASKLESS to tell me I needed to comply with an unscientific mask policy about wearing a mask in the waiting area even if in 10 minutes I'd be able to remove it for my procedure. I told the 3 officers that if the doctor told me to wear a mask I would put one on. The police went inside the office and "spoke" with the doctor then came back out to tell me that "he or she" says I must wear one, which was obviously a lie since they didn't even know if my doctor was male or female. Nevertheless I complied. I put the mask on and sat quietly filling out the paperwork while being watched by 3 officers in the waiting room. I asked the officers to leave me alone. They did not. They told me I needed to pinch the mask over my nose. The mask was loosely covering my nose. I continued to fill out the paperwork while wearing the mask. Moments later the office manager came back out to the waiting area with a 4th maskless cop to tell me it doesn't matter that I now complied. They were "uncomfortable" with me and asked that I be escorted out of the facility. It is at that time that I had had enough of being bullied so I flipped out, got up yelled a bit, threw the mask on the floor and walked out. It is NOVEMBER 5, 2022 and they called the police on me for not complying with their unscientific masking policy. After returning home, I called the office to speak with Dr Kushner who apparently did not even know this happened. However, Dr Kushner also did not apologize for how his staff bullied me and treated me--the patient. I like Dr. Kushner, he is a caring doctor and a nice man, but unfortunately due to how his staff treated me, I will never go back to his office. I'll add it's disappointing that Dr. Kushner allowed this situation to occur and is okay with losing a patient over an unscientific masking policy. read more