Celerity
shape without form, shade without colour
- Jan 24, 2021
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I work for a company that offers insurance and also runs its own hospital and clinic network. I register new patients, get them scheduled for appointments, refer out, and check insurance eligibility when needed.
Nothing is more depressing than working the psychiatry referrals.
My company doesn't have psychiatrists or therapists outside the hospitals, and the pitiful area I am in has a severe shortage of both besides. So I got to spend part of today giving a stupidly short list of specialists to a distraught mother. Her daughter is 23 but has the mental age of a 12 year old. The mom has been struggling for the past 2-3 weeks to find somebody to help her. I did what I could, and she thanked me profusely, but I know what she's facing is a dead end.
Also worked on the file of a woman my age who is severely disabled. I looked at her list of symptoms and, maybe I'm an asshole, but I couldn't help but think that she'd be better off dead. Her mother should have aborted her. No use of the limbs. Can hardly talk. Distorted thinking. Easily chokes on food. Looks like a poorly drawn cartoon character of a creature instead of a person. The list goes on. I almost cried just trying to put her referral together to get her scheduled.
Nothing is more depressing than working the psychiatry referrals.
My company doesn't have psychiatrists or therapists outside the hospitals, and the pitiful area I am in has a severe shortage of both besides. So I got to spend part of today giving a stupidly short list of specialists to a distraught mother. Her daughter is 23 but has the mental age of a 12 year old. The mom has been struggling for the past 2-3 weeks to find somebody to help her. I did what I could, and she thanked me profusely, but I know what she's facing is a dead end.
Also worked on the file of a woman my age who is severely disabled. I looked at her list of symptoms and, maybe I'm an asshole, but I couldn't help but think that she'd be better off dead. Her mother should have aborted her. No use of the limbs. Can hardly talk. Distorted thinking. Easily chokes on food. Looks like a poorly drawn cartoon character of a creature instead of a person. The list goes on. I almost cried just trying to put her referral together to get her scheduled.
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