I had a horrible experience with this doctor and his facility, Medic Lane Physicians. I woke up…read moreone Saturday morning with an excruciatingly painful sore throat. Having recently registered as a patient at Medic Lane, I called the office and got a recording that said office hours on Saturday were 8AM-12Noon. Yet no one picked up at 8:05, 8:10, or even 8:20. I finally called the "after hours" number and got a live operator at an answering service, who said she'd page the doctor on call. Around 8:40 I got a call from Dr. Dewitt, who said he could see me at 10 AM. When I arrived, I asked the receptionist, Christine, why no one had answered the phone earlier. "We don't open till 9:00 on Saturdays," she said. I informed her that the office voicemail said 8 to Noon. "It's 9:00!" she replied. I said, "Well, you might want to change the recording then, because it says 8:00." "It's 9:00! Jesus Christ!" she shouted at me. That's a direct quote, believe it or not; I could hardly believe my ears! I'd been speaking to her calmly and in a normal tone of voice, and here she was, literally yelling and cursing at me for no reason! About that time the office manager came over to see what the commotion was about, and Christine said I was giving her a hard time. Then the manager started berating me for having "a bad attitude!" I can assure you, if I hadn't been in such terrible pain, I would have told them both off and walked out. But I really needed a doctor, so I stayed. When Dr. Dewitt saw me, I mentioned in passing that I'd had pharyngitis twice before and that antibiotics had cured it. Without performing any tests, he wrote a prescription for antibiotics and a mild pain killer and sent me on my way. My condition improved, but when I finished the course of antibiotics 10 days later, the sore throat came back with a vengeance. After 14 days it was as bad or worse than before. I did some online research and learned that the two primary causes of pharyngitis are bacterial (strep throat) and viral. If it's viral, antibiotics don't work. I returned to Medic Lane and saw another doctor, who, at my request, swabbed my throat and ran a test. It confirmed that my condition was indeed viral. That necessarily means that Dr. Dewitt committed medical malpractice on me that day! There's no way to sugarcoat it. He undeniably prescribed unneeded medication without confirming whether it was indicated, and his negligence prolonged the healing of my sore throat for two full weeks. It cleared up on its own after another 12 days, which it would've done originally if the antibiotics hadn't interfered with the natural healing process. In retrospect, I'm not sure which makes me angrier: Dr. Dewitt's carelessness or the rudeness and abuse I suffered at the hands of the Medic Lane staff. But it goes without saying, I never went back. My advice: avoid this place like the plague! Trust me, you can do better.
