Dr. Basil's my hero. He makes me realize that not all doctors are scary...except when we make him mad. :P
My parents, who are both diabetic, have been his patients for at least ten years. I have to go to his office at least once a month (until now.. I haven't been there in a very VERY long time..T_T), so I'm pretty familiar with the office, the nurses, receptionists, and the doctor himself. The office is a normal sized room, not too big and not too small. It's especially clean and comfy with many seats and sofas in the room because they have to make sure that their patients are comfortable while waiting to be seen by the doctor.
Dr. Basil is fluent in english (duh) and knows a little Thai, which makes him my family's favorite physician, especially when he tries to speak Thai to my grandmother. ;D There was this one time when my grandma whined about her countless health issues, and the doctor replied, "Rok kon gae. Tum arai mai dai laew", which literally means, "It's old people's disease. We can't do anything about it." Aww..I guess he was trying to say something to comfort my grandma, but it came out TOTALLY wrong. It's okay, though! He tried...^___^
I was once one of his patients, and I can never thank him enough for helping me when I needed an operation (oophorectomy, if I remember correctly... haha). While other doctors thought that I was only having a normal stomach pain, Dr. Basil didn't let me go home easily because he was sure that there was deffinately something wrong with me. However, he wasn't totally sure what the real problem was, so he called in a specialist. After that, I was sent to the hospital. Before leaving his office, my mom was about to take care of the co-pay, but Dr. Basil shook his head and told us not to worry about it. If it wasn't for him, I would've continuously believed the other doctors that I had a normal stomach pain. -_-"
Usually, Dr. Basil is very kind, generous and funny. However, there's always an exception. If he sees that you don't take care of yourself, or if your health is getting really bad (*ahem* high blood sugar -_-"!!!!!!!), he could make you cry just by looking at your face. He doesn't say anything more offensive than "You have to love yourself..take care of yourself", but I think it's because of the look on his face that's really intimidating and makes you want to kick yourself. Plus, he blames ME whenever my parents' blood sugar goes high. ...why meeee?? LOL, He really does care about his patients, doesn't he?
The receptionists and nurses are so cool. Regi!! ^_^ Regi's like my mom's favorite, for some reason. LOL Maybe because she's a really bright and talkative person. Regi is the one who always calls me to make sure that I take my parents to the office for a follow up. I'm sure she made several attempts over the past few months, but my home phone doesn't work right now, so it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to reach me via home phone at this time.. sorry, Regi! xP
anyhoo..
Dr. Basil and his staff deserves five red stars ***** for their hard work and great effort to make their patients healthy and happy, which reminds me... I need to make an appointment for my parents! read more