and shamed.

Ethnics again, I'll bet.

Pushed through university like chocolate Easter eggs on a conveyor belt. Mustn't be 'racist' by failing them.

Too bone-bloody-idle to send the patient off to an imaging centre for a proper analysis.

link

Thing I like most about my Indian doctor is how he sends me to an Indian specialist - but I always find a specialist of my own who not only bulk bills, but is Australian...... some are even distant clan.... we've been here since the population was under a million, so that's not that hard.

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Apr 30^th, 2017 at 11:15pm:

Thing I like most about my Indian doctor is how he sends me to an Indian specialist - but I always find a specialist of my own who not only bulk bills, but is Australian...... some are even distant clan.... we've been here since the population was under a million, so that's not that hard.

O yes.

That's par for the course and an aspect of 'Multicultural Australia' that gets ignored by its proponents and celebrants like that poor bloody elephant-in-the-room.

I got shoved through to a Chinese ophthalmologist who wanted to charge me $6000 for cataract removals in a couple of years time ~ by a Chinese Optician at 'SpecSavers'.

The secret is to settle yourself in with an Australian GP who won't pass you around to compatriot ethnic medicos for them to shake you down like a naive tourist on holiday in the Third World.

Steer well clear of Chinese and Indians in the medical industry. They have no professional ethics at all.

I have an Indian GP, and a Chinese dentist.

Couldn't be happier.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1^st, 2017 at 9:35am:

I have an Indian GP, and a Chinese dentist. Couldn't be happier.

Just wait til they need to send you to a specialist.

And frankly, I'm not living in India or China, and so I'd prefer a Western doctor who is thoroughly familiar with the cultural nuances and subtleties of Anglo-Western civilisation.

I'm tired of finding myself confronted with subcontinental aborigines and Chinese medicos every time I step out of my house to seek medical assistance for one reason or another.

WHERE are the Australian doctors?

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1^st, 2017 at 9:35am:

I have an Indian GP, and a Chinese dentist. Couldn't be happier.

Yes, but you're not a racist.

Lord Herbert wrote on May 1^st, 2017 at 9:44am:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1st, 2017 at 9:35am: I have an Indian GP, and a Chinese dentist. Couldn't be happier. Just wait til they need to send you to a specialist.

They both have, to Australian specialists.

Couldn't be happier.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1^st, 2017 at 9:47am:

They both have, to Australian specialists. Couldn't be happier.

'Australian' as in ..... ?

Singh and Wong?

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 30^th, 2017 at 9:02pm:

and shamed. Ethnics again, I'll bet. Pushed through university like chocolate Easter eggs on a conveyor belt. Mustn't be 'racist' by failing them. Too bone-bloody-idle to send the patient off to an imaging centre for a proper analysis. link

I like how you've managed to assume the doctors were foreign with no smacking evidence whatsoever

Lord Herbert wrote on May 1^st, 2017 at 10:33am:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1st, 2017 at 9:47am: They both have, to Australian specialists. Couldn't be happier. 'Australian' as in ..... ? Singh and Wong?

No.

Australian as in white and born here.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1^st, 2017 at 10:37am:

Lord Herbert wrote on May 1st, 2017 at 10:33am: greggerypeccary wrote on May 1st, 2017 at 9:47am: They both have, to Australian specialists. Couldn't be happier. 'Australian' as in ..... ? Singh and Wong? No. Australian as in white and born here.

You've surprised me.

Lord Herbert wrote on May 1^st, 2017 at 10:42am:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1st, 2017 at 10:37am: Lord Herbert wrote on May 1st, 2017 at 10:33am: greggerypeccary wrote on May 1st, 2017 at 9:47am: They both have, to Australian specialists. Couldn't be happier. 'Australian' as in ..... ? Singh and Wong? No. Australian as in white and born here. You've surprised me.

Some are white, and born in the UK.

Overall, though, there are a lot of white Australian/British specialists here in Perth.

See here, for example: http://www.hollywoodprivate.com.au/-/media/Documents/HPH/Our-Specialists/RASL.pdf?la=en

While there are a few Singhs and Wongs, there's also quite a few Halls, Davis, Lewis, Armstrongs, Ryans, Smiths, etc.

Not that the colour of their skin, or their place of birth, concerns me in the slightest.

Stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma has better prognosis than non hodgkins.  But still, its only a 60% 5 year survival rate.  I hope that because she is young, she is able to pull through okay. 

tickleandrose wrote on May 1^st, 2017 at 11:08am:

Stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma has better prognosis than non hodgkins.  But still, its only a 60% 5 year survival rate.  I hope that because she is young, she is able to pull through okay.

Let's hope.