I have decided to not name the doctors involved in my complaint as I understand that they are time-poor and under pressure, however I don't believe that is an excuse for what happened.
I took my baby girl to doctor #1 on the 19th as she had a thick yellow substance coming out of her left ear. Doctor #1 stated that the ear drum was perforated and that it was small and in a 'safe place'. Today I took her back to find out if grommets would be a good idea as this wasn't her first infection. We saw doctor #2 who haphazardly looked at her ears, stated that a perforation would take 6 weeks to heal and there was no perforation. I asked doctor #2 to check the records as only 4 days earlier doctor #1 stated there was one. The records stated her ear was red, no mention of a perforated ear drum.
I went to reception and asked if I could see doctor #1 to double check (you can see how from my perspective either doctor #2 is incompetent and cannot see the perforation or doctor #1 lied about the fact that there was one).
When I spoke to doctor #1 their response was that it was so minor that it wasn't worth recording. It was explained to me that they do not record every little detail as they don't have enough time between patients and would only record this information if the perforation was large.
Any medical record is a legal document, doctor #2 had no idea that my daughter had a perforated ear drum 4 days ago because it wasn't recorded. Being given the explanation of it only gets recorded if its a big deal is not sufficient, doesn't matter how time-poor you are. I will definitely not be going back to this clinic due to this. read more