Urgent Care
I’m a physician assistant who took a position at an urgent-care center. I worked at the urgent care center for about a week and noticed that some of the medications were expired or there was a shortage of supplies. I chalked it up to an office manager who was not as observant as she should have, and took the issue up with the doctor.
He told her he’d talk to her about it and get things straightened out. One of the medical assistants then came up to me, saying, “You’ve seen this for years, right?” and told me that nothing would change. She said to get used it, because expired medications have been sitting on the shelves for months, and no one had ever been told to throw them away.
Then she told me the autoclave was broken, and that they had to wash the instruments with soap and water before putting them into the autoclave. And that was that. I filed a formal complaint with the state medical board, and never returned.
They raided it the next day. He was immediately shut down. The inspectors found so many mistakes that they not only closed the business but also suspended his license. He was also charged with federal crimes for running a scam to get truck drivers to take physical exams.
