Danielle99
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Cleveland is where the incident occured.
A surgeon agreed to operate on me at the end of may, and the operation was scheduled for mid-June. I just received a call that he has decided not to do the operation because he thought I asked too many questions, and I seemed to be a difficult patient (this was insinuated). He did not call. His nurse did. I watied 3 months to have an appointment with him, and he is one of the few people in the country that can take my case. I rearranged my entire summer to have this surgery, and now my summer is screwed up (including the fact I missed my graduation from business school) and I can't find too many other people to operate. Is this patient abandonment? I am not sure how to quantify my damages... since he is not in my state, I had to travel to him. Also, I had to pay his consult fee. Also, I had pre-operative lab co-pays. So, I was out about $1200. I spent a tremendous amount of time preparing for the consult with a lot of background information. It's amazing that if I were to cancel the surgery, I'd lose a $2000 deposit...but since he cancels, nothing happens... because why, his time is more valuable than mine? It's such a joke. I'm very angry so if you side with him, just do it nicely please. Thank you.
A surgeon agreed to operate on me at the end of may, and the operation was scheduled for mid-June. I just received a call that he has decided not to do the operation because he thought I asked too many questions, and I seemed to be a difficult patient (this was insinuated). He did not call. His nurse did. I watied 3 months to have an appointment with him, and he is one of the few people in the country that can take my case. I rearranged my entire summer to have this surgery, and now my summer is screwed up (including the fact I missed my graduation from business school) and I can't find too many other people to operate. Is this patient abandonment? I am not sure how to quantify my damages... since he is not in my state, I had to travel to him. Also, I had to pay his consult fee. Also, I had pre-operative lab co-pays. So, I was out about $1200. I spent a tremendous amount of time preparing for the consult with a lot of background information. It's amazing that if I were to cancel the surgery, I'd lose a $2000 deposit...but since he cancels, nothing happens... because why, his time is more valuable than mine? It's such a joke. I'm very angry so if you side with him, just do it nicely please. Thank you.