7 Medical Whodunits Reveal How to Survive Healthcare Today
- Dr. Ed
- Aug 4
- 1 min read
On a blistering Sunday morning following an 8-mile training run, I was sweaty, winding down, and heading for home when a car slowly came up on my left side. The car stopped and an elderly woman whom I did not know had a look of desperation as she shared the following medical horror story with me through her open car window.
I realized her daughter, our neighbor whom I did know, was driving. Picture the scene: Car stopped in the middle of a residential street as a woman shares intimate health concerns for which her local care team offered no plan.
I suspect the daughter said, “Oh, look, Mom, there’s Ed. He’s a doctor. Let’s ask him.”
And that’s how I found myself in the middle of the street getting briefed on a complex medical crisis — one that her actual doctors hadn’t returned a call about. This wasn’t a one-off. It’s becoming the norm.
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