On Tuesday the
13th of May 2013 my domestic maid by accident sustained
a severe knife cut on her finger and she was bleeding quite
profusely. I immediately told her to go to the GP who has a clinic
next to my block in Bedok. After waiting for a short while the
Doctor arrived. After briefly examining my maid, the Doctor
then requested my maid to call me on her mobile phone which she
did. The doctor then told me that I have got to send my maid to the
A & E of any hospital as the wound would require stitches. The
doctor did not give me any reason why he could not perform the
stitching . I was then in my car somewhere in town and had to rush
home to attend to the matter. I am indeed appalled by the
doctor’s conduct. It was a medical emergency, surely he is trained
and qualified to attend to my maid. If he can’t or won’t do it why
is he then practicing as a doctor?
I would like to find
out from the medical fraternity or anyone who can enlighten
me:-
a) whether
the doctor’s can refuse to treat my maid and is he in breach of any
oath that he took to practice as a GP
b) Are
there any circumstances a GP can justifiably refuse to attend to
and treat a patient in a medical emergency
