Wearing a ward-coat or answering Dr does not necessary mean that he is the right specialist for you

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I am writing to report my ordeal as you have always encouraged us to be vigilant with matters regarding our health. My 3-year-old became sick recently and luckily for me, I have got a neighbor who is a doctor and always eager to prescribe. However, as a result of the pandemic and cost, I explored the opportunity. Consequently. he assessed my child and wrote some drugs for me to buy. I went to the pharmacy and instead of them to dispense the medication, they started their usual cross examination. Hence, I angrily collected my paper (prescription) and went to the chemist (patent medicine dealer), where i finally got them.

A couple of days later, my baby was not getting any better and my sister-in-law, who is a staff nurse, rang and recommended that since the Dr is our next door neighbor that an infusion would help him to regain his strength. To cut the long story short, my husband became mad at me for dragging my feet in taking our child to the hospital. He took the bull by the hone by driving us to the hospital on his day off (Saturday). When we got to F.M.C (Federal Medical Center), the outpatient Dr referred to as the family Dr transferred us to another one called pediatrician. The common striking utterances between the two doctors geared towards doubting whether my neighbor was actually a medical doctor or even knowledgeable about drugs. My child was admitted as the overdose and unnecessary medications that he was given were flushed out of his system. I am happy to say that in less than 24 hours, I had seen a remarkable improvement while we await some laboratory results. I went home to confront my neighbor who parades himself as a medical doctor; diagnosing and prescribing for the whole neighborhood, only to find out that he is an optometrist.

Below is my neighbor's prescription and symptoms I complained of:

Fever, runny nose, cough, itching body and lack of appetite.

Prescription removed by Pharmarbiter.