On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 12:09:57 PM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> In article <8f0d0cd6-ae33-43a1-bddf-
> >,
> says...
> >
> > On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 10:05:45 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > says...
> > > >
> > > > On 4/30/2021 11:08 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > > On 30/04/2021 15:43, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > >> On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 10:26:18 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>> Badges? Badges? We don't need no steenking badges!
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> Heh! At we didn't get anything except a leaflet of information.
> > > > >>> The details will have gone to our doctors though!
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Americans don't necessarily have a doctor. I was assigned one
> > > > >> by my insurance a couple of years ago, but I've never seen him.
> > > > >> I was just about to find a different one (closer to my home), but
> > > > >> then COVID hit so I hunkered down.
> > > >
> > > > The last few times I've needed a doctor, I goto one of those minor
> > > > emergency places. "Doctors on Call" was one. They are open 7 days a week
> > > > and no appointments necessary. First come, first serve.
> > > >
> > > > They charge the same as regular doctors without waiting for an appointment.
> > >
> > > But do they have access to the patient's medical
> > > history and records?
> >
> > People who don't have a GP don't have a medical history, as such.
> So when Gary goes to an emergency place, do the doctors
> treating him have no access to any of his previous scans,
> xrays or test results at another facility

Probably not. Depending on what he's been in for, there might not have
been any tests, scans, or X-rays. For example, to stitch up a bad laceration.

I broke my ankle slightly over 40 years ago. Those records are long gone.
The film X-rays, the paper copy of the emergency room records, all shredded.

Cindy Hamilton