A wide corridor, light walls, flowers on the windowsills, soft armchairs. All - for the comfort and comfort of patients, including a brand new cooler with a stack of cups. No, paid medicine still has a lot of advantages: lack of queues, courtesy of the staff.
Although, of course, the main thing is the doctor himself. "It remains to be hoped that the specialists here are at the same level as the rest" - Zhenya nervously shrugged her shoulders. A visit to the gynecologist always caused her a complex range of not very pleasant feelings: queues, jerky and tired doctors in the women's consultation, a cold chair and rude, painful movements - Zhenya closed her eyes.
"Sviridov Evgenia, come in," said the pretty nurse with a friendly smile, and the nightmare instantly dissipated.
Kind Doctor
The doctor liked her even more. Calm, unhurried, with a careful look of intelligent gray eyes, she asked questions delicately and gently. Even the examination and taking tests were extremely comfortable. Having appointed a meeting in two weeks, the doctor prescribed vitamins and another drug with a tricky name.
- Very good company, French. There are almost no analogues, you really believe me - it's not advertising - she pulled the patient along with her business card with a name. On the reverse side, a cheerful woman in a white coat was depicted, and the name of the manufacturer was displayed above her head. Zhenya smiled - the advertising beauty was like two drops of water like her school friend Natasha.
"There will be problems - call me, Zhenya," the doctor said to her.
-It was lucky you got to Valentina Grigorievna, - said the administrator, - a very good specialist, and from the next visit you have a discount.
Miracle preparations
"Really lucky," Zhenya agreed with her in her mind. And the doctor is excellent, and the prices are not too high, and "exterminating money" does not smell - the tests took only the most necessary and left the telephone.
So, we must not forget about the prescription - once the doctor said, it means, it is necessary. Zhenya herself was surprised and pleased with the trust caused by the doctor. But the joy subsided when the pharmacy worker called the sums - the French quality was not cheap.
- There is another drug - almost analog and cheaper twice. - Offered the apothecary, seeing her confusion.
- Now, a minute - Zhenya took out the phone and dialed the number of the doctor.
"I'm listening to you," Valentina Grigoryevna responded affectionately. "No, dear, I do not advise very much." Of course, this is your business, but I recommend only those funds in which I am sure. And this ... On health it is better not to save.
"Well, I'll save on something else." Zhenya opened her purse.
Exactly two weeks later she again visited Valentina Grigorievna.
- Did you take the drug? I see, I see, well done, the result is obvious, what did I say? - The doctor wrote something on the card, then took out a stack of forms with the results of the tests. It turned out that Genet needed a course of at least three drugs plus vitamin capsules. All products are of the same firm as for the first time.
"The regime of strict economy begins," Eugene joked gruffly. And Valentina Grigorievna frowned at the thin, perfect shape of her eyebrows.
- You know, dear, this is really the best option. Maybe you suspect me of some kind of self-interest? If you want, you can go to another specialist. Maybe he will advise something more budgetary. I will not take money from you for the appointment - you can make an appointment with another doctor, "she finished frustrated.
Zhenya felt a sense of guilt. Well, offended a man. What kind of self-interest can there be, if she does not want to take money for the reception?
"No, you, Valentina Grigoryevna, do not be offended," Zhenya babbled, feeling herself blush, "I just have now ... In general, I trust you, and I will listen to your advice."
"I'm not offended," the doctor laughed good-naturedly. - I know that pleasure is not cheap, after all, I only use the preparations of this firm.
"And I'm wearing, and my daughter is all happy" - suddenly, neither to the village nor to the city was Zhenya remembered the classic course of sellers of clothing markets. No, the intelligent Valentina Grigorevna was not at all like the market barker. And what's the benefit to her? She is not a seller or distributor. Just a person responsibly refers to the work - Eugene put in a handbag with a medical appointment.
The amount was greater than Zhenya had expected. N-yes, so the budget will burst ... And in the evening she found in an e-mail a letter from that Natashka-classmate, like an advertising girl. She offered to work out - to develop the design of booklets and invitations for a medical conference.
New information
The next day, Zhenya went to her friend's office to discuss the details. The company was clearly not poor: a spacious building with European-quality repair and well-trained security. Natasha immediately took her to her office, treated her coffee.
"Here are the materials," the girlfriend handed her a folder, "but why are you looking at the poster?" She asked.
Zhenya's gaze was chained to the calendar with Natasha's nurse.
-Ah, everyone is already laughing because of this similarity! The director jokes that because of the similarities and took me to work, - a friend smiled.
- And I after all have undertaken for подработку, to strengthen the budget, sharpened by your firm. My doctor loves her very much. Well, what a coincidence!
"If the doctor loves, it's not a coincidence," laughed her friend, "this is a clear calculation, the policy of our company." Doctors sometimes love what is beneficial to them ...
- And what is the benefit to it?
"You're so naive!" Surely your doctor has convinced you that this is the best drug. He's really good, it's true. But in the market there are a lot of the same. You chose it because your doctor recommends it. And then ... goes to a foreign seminar at the expense of our company or a conference, and then - a banquet. And other pleasant surprises.
"Natasha, then, did Valentina Grigorevna deceive me?" "Zhenya remembered the doctor's smile that evoked such confidence, and tears welled up in her eyes.
- Well, uh ... Do not deceive, but expressed the most advantageous version of her medical truth.
It seemed to her that she had become soiled with something sticky ... And at the same time a knock was heard on the door, and Valentina Grigorievna came into the office: a stylish dress, expensive shoes, gold jewelry.
"Good evening," Natashka greeted him. - How are you doing?
- We are working, Natashenka, we are working, we really want to attend a seminar in Spain. Only you have expensive drugs - you have to pogovarivat. Recently ... "She stopped when she saw Zhenya.
- In you, the great actress dies! - Sobbing, Zhenya jumped out.
For several days she could not recover. She was going to call and express everything, she intended to come personally. Suddenly Valentina Grigoryevna called her herself and said dryly that she would no longer be leading her.
"I'm leaving the clinic without waiting for your dirty gossip." Colleagues look at me askance - probably ungrateful patients are to blame. And I pass your card to another doctor.
I'm sure he will write you a penny-nonsense! - and, without saying goodbye, hung up.
Only a month later, Zhenya was able to overcome herself and come to the doctor.
"You are all right," the young doctor summarized.
"And ... do you prescribe nothing?" - Zhenya asked apprehensively.
-Why do I need to prescribe something? At you all is all right. However, if you want, you can drink vitamins - she caught a frightened Zhenya look. - Yes, do not worry, our, domestic, inexpensive. And I hope you will soon begin to trust medical appointments again, "the doctor smiled, and Zhenya smiled back at her with relief.
Alas, corruption in medicine is quite common. Every year, thousands of domestic doctors take part in visiting seminars abroad, go to international conferences and receive incentives for recommending patients to certain drugs of a specific farm company.
And such medical practice is not only in our country. For example, one of the anonymous surveys of US doctors showed: 9 out of 10 Aesculapius receive various kinds of rewards from pharmaceutical companies. Practice is widely known when the manufacturer supplies equipment for the hospital with a significant discount (not prescribed in the contract). And the head physician of the hospital undertakes to annually purchase for this equipment medications of a certain firm - but already with money put in the budget, of course. It is unacceptable when the "paid-for" appointment strikes a purse, and even on the health of the patient - cases when absolutely unnecessary vitamins or other medications are prescribed, are also found in medical practice.
How to deal with this?
Ideally - to find a doctor who is trusted, best of all on the recommendations.
Do not be shy at all times, clarify the effect of the drug, its contraindications, analogues. If there is a suspicion of a money "divorce," it makes sense to consult another doctor, a pharmacist in the pharmacy.
Every doctor you apply to has a "higher authority" - the head physician, the department head, the health committee, at last.
In each city there is a so-called "hot line" of the City Hall, the municipality, where you have to respond to your appeal.
If you are a victim of such a "divorce" and medical negligence, cases of life that occur constantly, contact the court - this practice is.