1/5 Shomari J. 6 years ago on Google
To
begin,
I
will
admit
that
I
am
use
to
the
best
health
care
in
America
having
lived
in
Arlington
VA
and
the
Washington,
DC
metro
area
for
the
past
35
years
where
I
received
health
care
from
Georgetown,
George
Washington
and
Johns
Hopkins
medical
facilities.
However,
I
have
had
better
health
care
in
second
world
countries
than
what
I
have
received
at
Lovelace
Health
System.
I
used
this
“system”
the
past
several
months
only
because
it
was
the
“In-Network”
facility
for
my
health
insurance,
BCBS.
I
believe
the
inadequate,
incompetent,
indifferent
and
borderline
malpractice
of
Lovelace
Health
System
is
the
reason
my
niece
is
deceased.
She
had
a
cancer
with
one
of
the
highest
successful
cure
rates.
Yet,
because
she
was
a
Lovelace
Health
System
patient
she
was
never
given
proper
treatment.
I
initially
contacted
Lovelace
to
see
an
internal
medicine
physician.
Instead,
I
was
told
the
only
person
I
could
see
to
establish
care
was
a
Certified
Physician
Assistant
named
Mary
Jane
Gallahan.
Not
only
is
this
person
not
a
doctor
she
had
some
clear
biases
that
I
perceived
as
racial.
I
visited
her
about
a
bacterial
infection
contracted
in
Mexico
City
the
week
of
July
fourth.
She
proceeded
to
question
why
I
had
gone
to
Mexico
City
and
if
I
had
any
sexual
relations
in
Mexico.
The
implicit
racism
was
clear
that
as
a
black
man
the
only
reason
I
would
go
to
Mexico
City
was
for
sex
with
presumably
Mexican
women
who
presumably
were
prostitutes.
My
telling
her
that
I
am
extremely
sensitive
to
food
borne
bacteria
due
to
my
diminished
gut
bacteria
didn’t
matter.
I
saw
an
Albuquerque
Immunologist,
outside
the
Lovelace
system,
who
gave
me
my
Typhoid
update
before
I
traveled
to
Mexico.
She
made
sure
to
remind
me
that
I
watch
what
I
eat
there
due
to
my
gut
issue
since
typhoid
can
be
contracted
from
food.
Not
for
a
second
did
she
suggest
or
imply
that
my
trip
was
for
prostitution.
Maybe,
that’s
because
she
was
1.
An
actual
doctor
and
2.
A
professional
who
loved
to
travel
herself
and
was
able
to
converse
with
me,
a
black
attorney,
about
our
international
travels.
The
next
time
I
visited
Lovelace
was
for
a
persistent
cough
and
chest
tightening,
which
I
suspected
was
due
to
the
mold
and
fungus
in
my
old
rented
home.
Gallahan
ended
up
having
me
take
an
unnecessary
sonogram
of
my
neck.
Of
course,
the
test
results
were
normal.
And
the
worse
part
was
that
she
called
in
a
“real”
doctor
to
confirm
her
opinion
of
my
neck,
which
he
did
even
though
I
informed
them
that
my
neck
looked
the
way
it
did
from
muscle
development
as
a
result
of
forty-five
years
of
bodybuilder.
I
found
a
pulmonologist
at
UNM
hospital.
They
required
a
referral,
which
Gallahan
refused
to
provide.
Eventually,
I
saw
a
Lovelace
pulmonologist
who
diagnosed
me
with
asthma,
due
to
environmental
conditions.
My
last
contact
with
Lovelace
was
two
days
ago
to
get
a
prescription
for
the
Acid
Reflux
drug.
Lovelace
insisted
that
I
see
Gallahan.
I
demanded
to
see
a
real
doctor.
They
made
me
an
appointment
the
next
day
with
a
Lovelace
doctor,
Mark
Walker,
DO.
I
cringed
at
the
thought
since
in
the
Washington,
DC
area
doctors
of
osteopathy
are
just
a
step
above
chiropractors.
His
office
called
me
later
that
day
to
confirm
the
appointment.
The
next
day
I
arrive
for
the
appointment
and
after
30
minutes
of
waiting
I
was
told
that
the
doctor
would
not
see
me
because
I
needed
to
see
Gallahan
first.
Even
if
you
have
to
go
out
of
network,
I
recommend
you
avoid
this
dysfunctional,
incompetent,
mismanaged
Lovelace
Health
System
if
you
can.
I
am
leaving
New
Mexico
so
that’s
easy
for
me
to
do.
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