Did this GP go too far with her ‘fart some fairy dust’ warning to patients?
The unnamed UK doctor said she feared seriously ill patients were being lost in the 'deluge' of nonsense presentations
A doctor in the UK says nonsense presentations by patients seeking ‘GP hand holding’ and ‘fairy dust’ cures is putting her patients with serious ailments at risk.
In her post shared on Mumsnet’s ‘Am I being unreasonable?’ thread, the anonymous GP vented her frustrations at those “incapable” of self-care.
She warned demand for GPs was at an all-time high with “hundreds and hundreds” of calls, emails and letters each day. But some of it was “just complete and utter nonsense”.
“Genuinely ill and needy people are being lost in the deluge. It’s absolutely impossible to offer any kind of decent care,” she wrote, adding that she had been a GP for 25 years.
