Do Doctors call to your house anymore?

Filmer Paradise

When I was a child many years ago, Doctors used to call to your house when you were ill.

Now, at least in my area.............they don't.

It's all Caredoc & all the rest now..........

Somehow something seems to have been lost. Taken away when we were busy thinking of other things.

Is the Doctor's call a thing of the past, or is it alive & well in some parts...?

I'm curious to know why something we used to take for granted seems to be a thing of the past.

Why?

wazky

No not anymore, it's a recession so we had to stop getting sick.

SpaceTime

Yeah, they still do if you ask them to make a house call. However, some will outsource it to the local on-call service.

It just costs a good bit more.

Sir Arthur Daley

Yes, they are called southdoc.

Charlie19

Not randomly but when I ask nicely.

B.A._Baracus

Yes they do.
However expect them to do open-wallet surgery on you while they visit. This is Ireland after all.

Filmer Paradise

wazky wrote: »

No not anymore, it's a recession so we had to stop getting sick.

Must be a talent of yours to turn up on any thread, no matter what the subject matter & turn in some witty phrase.

How we laugh.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Only when I mow the front grass naked.

Hotfail.com

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Must be a talent of yours to turn up on any thread, no matter what the subject matter & turn in some witty phrase.

How we laugh.

How we do.


WE LOVE YOU WAZKY!

wazky

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Must be a talent of yours to turn up on any thread, no matter what the subject matter & turn in some witty phrase.

How we laugh.

I even impress myself sometimes I have to say.

Jamie2k9

They do if you are unable to attend and its a serious case and its largely the older generation who they do house calls for.

greenflash

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Yes, they are called southdoc.

That's the out of hours gp service covering Cork so not relevant to normal people.

O.A.P

Yes our GP calls to the door if your are that sick even more than his father who was a very good man (doctor)
Lucky and happy here anyway,

Hotfail.com

greenflash wrote: »

That's the out of hours gp service covering Cork so not relevant to normal people.

Cork people aren't normal?

greenflash

Hotfail.com wrote: »

Cork people aren't normal?

No.

The Backwards Man

Hope not, I'm pished

Bafucin

They do for serious reasons. My GF's dad has a serious illness and there were home visits for a while. But they are not going to pop around for a cold.

Gael23

I dont think thats done anymore, unless its a serious emergency or patient that cant attend the surgery for whatever reason, cancer patients and so on. Its not done just out of request though, as in you cant say well I don't have a car can you come to my home?

Tail Docker

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Must be a talent of yours to turn up on any thread, no matter what the subject matter & turn in some witty phrase.

How we laugh.

He does housecalls too. Only yesterday he dropped in to ours and made a witty comment about the state of our septic tank. Then, he was gone, like a flash.

Getting one of our local Doctors to call out is like trying to get Simon Cowell to open a supermarket - they're all gone a bit sniffy and too "busy" for that sort of stuff.

You have to load the sick person onto a handcart and wheel them in to the queue, with cast-iron proof that you have never ventured into any other Doctors surgery but theirs, ever. If they even suspect disloyalty, they turf you out to the Midoc.

Maphisto

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

They do if you are unable to attend and its a serious case and its largely the older generation who they do house calls for.

Yep same here. The elderly and the dying.

Funny OP, I remember that. Illnesses seemed to be more serious then, like Bronchitus - serious you had to stay in bed but nobody seemed to die of it.

Now there's a feckin Lemsip for everything

B0jangles

I suppose it depends on the doctor - A few years ago I had a terrible bout of sciatica and couldn't walk or sit so a doctor from my normal surgery came down to the house. It didn't cost any more than usual either.