Unfortunately, I had the misfortune of having Dr. Ferguson be the on-call doctor when my father was…read moreill. He had a colon bleed and had 4 bleed episodes within a 3 1/2 hour period. He's old and weak and I was quite worried. It's the 2nd incident of bleeding in a year. More reason to worry. The last time it had happened, we had gone to the hospital and waited forever as people usually do in ERs. They checked him out, ordered a colonoscopy which we had done the next day, and they found diverticulosis. Anyway, without getting into too much medical detail, like I said, he had another bleed episode. When Dr. Ferguson called back, I explained the situation and she proceeded to tell me that she couldn't judge the situation since she hasn't seen the patient, hasn't measured how much blood was lost, and if a transfusion is necessary. So, then I explained it again and asked, very patiently, if I should take my dad to the hospital. I don't know if I should've. I'm not a doctor. I'm already scared to death and I'm so worried, and she tells me, AGAIN, that she cannot judge the situation and cannot tell me if we should go to the hospital or not. At this point, I get angry. I ask her with some sarcasm that she, being a doctor, a specialist, couldn't tell me if a patient who is bleeding out of their a$$-hole should be taken to the hospital. She repeated that she could not. I asked again and she said no because she couldn't judge. I lost it. Almost in tears, I told her that if something happens to my father that it'll be on her. I told her that I would report her and she then proceeded to tell me her full name, like she didn't care if I did. So, I don't know about reporting her but I do know that I don't want anyone else to experience this doctor and her poor people skills, her lack of empathy, her lack of sympathy, and her disregard for a patient and their suffering. She is with a Memorial Hermann group and her primary group is in Wharton and they have offices in Sugar Land and in Rosenberg.
Because of her, I will be going back to Methodist. Bye Dr. Jaffri...because he was on vacay and I had to experience Dr. Ferguson, we won't be seeing him either.