Doctor won't see patients over 200lbs (illegal, highway, insurance, claims)
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I'm 6'2". I'm not slender, but I'd have to be in excellent shape or a crack addict to be under 200lb.
They didn't explain the "injuries" her staff allegedly suffered. How is it that her office is so dangerous to be in, when other doctors' offices aren't?
We're not getting the whole story here. Something doesn't smell right.
I don't think the doc mean guys fit and over 200 pounds. I think the doc meant females over 200 and perhaps males over 400. you know the obese patients.
Perhaps the woman doc's staff is all females who can't pick up anyone near 200 pounds.
If you don't see any problem with obese patients in the USA your eyes would have to be welded shut.
It's better to burn off the calories we eat before this IS a problem.
The reason for this is simple--the equipment needed to treat bariatric patients is different. From stronger seating in the waiting room to larger blood pressure cuffs the needs of the obese patient are many--and more expensive.
Hospitals have to have very expensive special beds, wheelchairs, and even gurneys to accommodate the morbidly obese, yet insurance doesn't differentiate in reimbursement whether you treat a 98 pound woman or a 980 pound woman. The bottom size affects the bottom line.
I had trouble playing the video. I don't know what the lady was going to the doctor about. She didn't look obese to me, she was just a large person. If her staff has been injured, then they don't know the appropriate way to lift or deal with obese people. One person should never attempt to maneuver an obese patient by themself. A clinic usually isn't the place someone is lifting patients anyway.
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