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WWYD?
I have mentioned before that there is a pain mgmt Dr that is in the office behind us on Tuesdays.
One of the patients just came in and asked to use our bathroom. I'm hesitant to let them because I don't want to have people in and out all day.
I asked her which Dr she was seeing. She says the pain mgmt, and that they told her "unless they are taking a drug screen they can not use the bathroom in the suite."
huh? There are no public bathrooms in this building, only bathrooms in the individual Dr offices.
I called our Physician Liason and told her what is up. WWYD? I'm here by myself 98% of the day. I can't lock the Dr because various reps come in & out through out the day.
I may put a sign on the door that says no public restrooms, that is not classy @ all. It's not just his patients, I don't want any patients of any doctors coming in, but it seems to only happen on days when this Dr is here. I also get his patients coming in here to use the phone, or wondering where he is since he's only here 1 day a week.
Re: WWYD?
Yes, he has a restroom in his office, probably more than one. We have 2 in ours. One for patients, and one for me.
This building is probably 20yrs old and I don't know what the regulations were for bathrooms, but there are no bathrooms other than the ones that are in the individual offices.
As far as what my Dr thinks I should do. I have no idea, he was in surgery when this happened and he is only here for a little while through out the day. This isn't something that would bother/affect him- only me.
I will ask him about the sign. I know one of the offices downstairs has a sign outside their door that says no public bathrooms.
However, I'm not convinced people read signs. There are "No smoking" signs outside of the doors of the building yet every single day there is some moron smoking right outside the door.
Agreed. It would also make me feel safer, especially if you are there by yourself most of the time.
How is this a potentially dangerous situation going on around the corner? is it just because it is a pain management office? not all people who go into pain management offices are on narcotics just saying.
What are they going to the pain mgmt for if it's not for pain meds? I would say that not all people going to the pain mgmt are addicted to pain meds, but i believe the whole point of pain mgmt is for narcotics, or other meds to control pain. I could be wrong, I've never been to a pain mgmt before.
As I said in my original post, it is not just the pain mgmt patients I don't want in my office, it's any random patient needing a bathroom. However, this only happens when the pain mgmt Dr is in the building.
Last week some kid came up to me in the parking lot {on a tuesday} and asked if he could just pee in the parking lot since there were no bathrooms in the building.. Again, it was a Tuesday, same day the pain mgmt Dr was in the building. I've had patients come in my office yelling bc the Dr was not there and they drove however far to get to his office. I've had them come in and ask to use my phone, then proceed to stand there for 30 minutes and yell at their insurance.
I've also watched a lady stand outside my office for 30 minutes screaming on her cell phone because her insurance had been terminated..
I hate that this office is behind my office. I dread Tuesdays.
my comment wasn't directed at the bathroom thing just the way that comment I quoted seemed to direct that you were in some kind of danger because that is a pain management center.
Also i should have been more specific not everyone in there is on some high dose of methadone or addicted to vicodin getting their fix. I've been going to pain management since I was 15 because what i have can only be managed not cured (my nuerologist sent me and when i lived in NY and PM there was in the hospital). I received epidurals and bier blocks from them specifically and not methadone etc, however instead of going to the neurologist for something they were treating my neurologist had them also write my prescriptions for something called nuerontin which is also an anti seizure med.
If i worked in an office and someone came in and asked to use the bathroom all day long i'd be concerned about the traffic in and out of my office as well and i agree that your doctor should take measures to limit the traffic whether this traffic was coming from a regular MD's office or a neurosurgeons office.
>>a locking buzzer system - only let your patients/vendors in when necessary.
Yeah. That.