Next time you see a doctor, you might want the exam to take place on the street.
The doctors involved in the union "sick note" scam last year in Madison claim the exams were more thorough than those performed in their offices.
That's scary. And just plain stupid.
From MacIver News Service:
Doctors who handed out sick notes to protesters while on the corner of Mifflin and Hamilton streets last year claim protestors received more thorough examinations on the street in public than they would have at an office visit. This revelation was discoverd in an examination of documents obtained by the MacIver News Service through an open records request.
The Medical Examining Board issued reprimands to seven doctors in October, who had given hundreds of sick notes to protesters last February so they wouldn’t get in trouble for skipping work.
The MacIver News Service was the first to report on the incident with a video catching the doctors in the act. The video included one of the doctor’s examinations, in which the videographer gave a list of trivial symptoms. Dr. Shropeshire said he should take some time off of work and wrote him a note.
...However, during the investigation, the doctors not only defended their actions, but they claimed the exams they provided on the street corner were superior to examinations they perform in their own offices.
“Many evaluations are done on the phone and often are based on a quite brief conversation with my nurse. In that common circumstance I don’t have any conversation with the patient,” said Dr. Louis Sanner, who can be seen in the MNS video. “On February 19, however, I did see and speak with each patient.”
Dr. James Shropeshire, who appeared in the MNS giving a sick note to the videographer, wrote to the MEB, “None of these notes were ‘phony’ or contained false information. I did not distribute blank notes to anyone. My evaluations of these patients were often more comprehensive than those I, or my support staff, perform when we prepare work or school excuses in my office.”
Note to self:
Don't visit the following doctors-
Adam H. Balin
Mark B. Beamsley
Hannah M. Keevil
Bernard F. Micke
Kathleen A. Oriel
James H. Shropshire
Louis A. Sanner
Ronni L. Hayon
Patrick A. McKenna
A visit to their offices would really suck.
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