The Smyth clinic has looked after both me and my mother for as long as I can remember. It's very clean with a decent sized waiting room making it easy to sit down and wait comfortably without feeling like your intruding on other patients personal space. There is of course also the typical stacks of magazines,television,and small play area to keep your little ones occupied.
After the clinic expanded they offered quite a few more physician choices but it is still sometimes hard to get in to see your doctor. The longest wait I have experienced personally being about three weeks. The female doctor who we initially started out with who has since retired (her name escapes me) was excellent....my new physician not so much. I currently see Dr. Naidoo when I can't convince the lady at the front desk to book me with someone else and I find the way he deals with his patients to be quite cold and sterile. Quite literally if you get asked how you are doing today be grateful as you have caught him on a good day. He is also quick to prescribe medication. I came in once with issues concentrating,anxiety,headache,and slugishness and he immediately gave me a prescription for anti depressants within the first ten minutes. There was no discussion about other possible issues or suggestions of following up with a counselor just pills and then shooing me out of his office to get to the next patient.
So in summary if your medical concerns don't need to be addressed immediately this is a decent clinic. The majority of the doctors are quite friendly and skilled in their profession with the one exception mentioned above. I have actually been in to see other doctors and if I took Naidoo out of the equation this would easily be a four star review. read more
