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Whiskey 7 Just another Earthling Joined: 20 Jul 2001 Posts: 12231	Posted: 04-12-2021 05:59 PM                  Am I missing something here? My Wife has been crook with for near a week with cold/flu like symptoms. With no community Covid transmissions here for some time now we put off having a Covid test at the local hospital drive through but we drove through yesterday where they tested my Wife but not me. Go figure ! The drive through was very quiet…. Covid test result last night by text message, negative and I still have no symptoms. So today I telephone the clinic of our regular Doctor to make an appointment as she is getting no better. To my astonishment I am told they won’t see or even allow patients with flu like symptoms in the clinic despite a negative Covid test! What am I missing? Short is they booked a telephone consultation at 1215 today. _________________ Physicist of Q3W
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menkent menkent Joined: 22 Jul 2000 Posts: 4758	Posted: 04-12-2021 06:34 PM                  What country is this in? Oz?
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Whiskey 7 Just another Earthling Joined: 20 Jul 2001 Posts: 12231	Posted: 04-12-2021 06:44 PM                  Hello menkent, yes born & bred Australian and proud of it. We have been so lucky regards Covid and I feel for those suffering. Doctor just called, suggests it is going bacterial? He's written a prescription without seeing the patient. Seems weird to me, then, maybe I need a T shirt _________________ Physicist of Q3W
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Transient Arrr? Joined: 09 Feb 2001 Posts: 35082	Posted: 04-12-2021 09:25 PM                    It doesn't seem strange to me to get a phone consultation, all things considered. Then again, even a bad case of the common cold can be dangerous for seniors. I hope she gets well soon, Whiskey!
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Whiskey 7 Just another Earthling Joined: 20 Jul 2001 Posts: 12231	Posted: 04-12-2021 09:59 PM                  Thanks Transient. So you have Doctor telephone consultations where you're at? Maybe it was the tone or the way the female staff member answering the phone said they don't see sick people in the clinic. It just got my goat up quickly today. _________________ Physicist of Q3W
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vesp meh... Joined: 23 Mar 2000 Posts: 4180	Posted: 04-13-2021 02:53 AM                  UK (Scotland) phone consultations are still the norm for first contact, pretty sure they wouldn't want to take us in with flu even if it's non-covid. We've had a couple of minor prescriptions filled out for the kids over the last year just from phone calls. Sounds like regular front-desk GP staff attitude to be honest!
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Κracus Lead Pipe Mafia Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 5647	Posted: 04-13-2021 04:38 AM                    Gotta think of it from their perspective, if you pass a cold/flu to a worker then they have to shut down their whole operation for weeks even if it isn't covid. Just having cold/flu symptoms is enough to cause a panick and spreading it to anyone causes them to have to take off work, maybe not get paid for weeks, businesses shut down etc... Passing on a cold or flu can be financially devastating right now for most individuals.
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