My wife's hairdresser did that for around 6 months. Then she announced she was quitting. Then passed away (she was 35 or so) a few weeks later. Sometimes it's excusable.
Something similar happened to me. My psychiatrist cancelled my appointment and told me I would need a new psychiatrist bc he was retiring. I called like a week later to try and get some scripts written while I went through his recommendations for a new psychiatrist and it turned out he had died the day before. He had cancer and didn’t tell anyone but his close family and instead chose to work as long as he could to keep helping his patients
Although I feel very sad for your doc and his family, did staying in practice as long as possible really help his patients? It seems like referring them to another doctor much earlier would have been the responsible thing to do.
But then again, maybe he thought he had more time. :(
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u/penfoldsdarksecret 1d ago
My wife's hairdresser did that for around 6 months. Then she announced she was quitting. Then passed away (she was 35 or so) a few weeks later. Sometimes it's excusable.