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I recently had to ask a gynecologist to wash their hands, AND put gloves and a mask on. I couldn’t believe they didn’t do that automatically.
Should I complain to the hospital? Would there be a point even if the person talking to me cares because in the end the doctor is the one who makes the choice to ignore things? There’s so many treatment resistant strains infecting hospital surfaces due to the staffing crisis in healthcare. Maybe I’m too nervous, but I feel I’m at enough risk of sickness just by walking in to be treated.
I don’t know where you live, and therefore have no knowledge of the mechanisms of complaint. But where I’m from you got as much as you are likely going to get by virtue of the doctor washing their hands after you said to. Complaints about “minor” stuff like handwashing can trigger, if enough come in, department wide sanitation courses. But those are pretty infrequent.
I’m from the US.
I am not, so sadly I can be of little help with the inner workings of the US healthcare system. I think it’s significantly easier to get a doctor in trouble in the US, but that is simply something I have heard and have no knowledge of.