||| FROM JOHN ERLY |||


I will start this out saying “we choose to live here.” That does not mean we want less then the best from our medical system. If you go by the clinic employee parking area, you will find between ten and thirteen cars parked. This makes me believe that the clinic is well staffed.

You can not call the clinic direct, getting transferred there can be slow and frustrating. In my case, I gave up and drove to the clinic after being transferred three times. Once I got to the clinic, and handed the receptionist my Cardiologist’s request for a blood draw, she had to take it into the back office to talk to someone about the blood draw. She returned and told me the first available appointment was April 17th (this was on the 31st of March).

I don’t consider myself as an “old timer.” I do remember Doctor Williams, operating out of his home. Sometimes he drew the blood himself, then ran the test while you sat there.

We have had many attempts at health care, last attempts Island Hospital, University of Washington and now back to Island Hospital. After all this shuffling of health care, the best we can do for a simple blood draw is a 17 day wait. I personally think it is ridiculous.


 

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