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My family and I were regular patients at a family practice doctors office. Then when I tried scheduling an appointment one day for one of my of children, they informed me that our doctor was no longer there. Confused, I demanded they tell me where she went. Because our doctor was the best, she delivered our children and has always been available to us. She gave me he cell number and beeper number if anything were to happen. So this was about 5years of faithfulness care, until they day she disappeared. I got no letter in the mail stating they were going to send me to another doctor or anything. When they told me where she went, I called every branch and no one had even heard of my doctor. Would this be grounds for abandonment?
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The short answer is no, this is not patient abandonment. That usually applies only when a patient was in need of urgent care, if it applies at all.
The circumstances are certainly odd, but you should consider the possibility that the doctor may left the practice due to some significant personal or health issue. Doctors are people too, and sometimes they have to deal with unexpected life changing events too. Given the kind of care she provided in the past, she probably deserves the benefit of the doubt.
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Answered on Aug 01st, 2013 at 11:08 AM