Been a good hospital to my kids, overall. However,...

Been a good hospital to my kids, overall. However, I had an experience with an ER physician when I took my daughter with fever there one night. He came in once briefly saw her and told me he would order urinalysis for the girl. The nurses came and unsuccessfully tried to get urine via catherization. My daughter, 2yrs, could not permit the nurses to get the urine. I waited for the doctor to come back and at least explain to me what others options were available o(even though I know the approach to a febrile pediatric patient) or just talk to me. But he didn't turn up. After a while, a nurse came and discharged us giving me instructions to give my daughter acetaminophen and do follow up with her doctor after 2days. I could have left home and just done that.

As a doctor, myself, I will talk to the parents even for a minute, and calm them. But this the doctor failed to do......probably never cared if we had concern......or my daughter would have febrile seizure home.

As doctors, we have responsibilities to our patients irrespective of our engagement.