{"id":2244869,"date":"2024-05-15T07:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-i-went-to-the-doctor-for-kidney-stones-she-cared-more-about-pronouns-than-patient-care\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T07:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:18:58","slug":"when-i-went-to-the-doctor-for-kidney-stones-she-cared-more-about-pronouns-than-patient-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-i-went-to-the-doctor-for-kidney-stones-she-cared-more-about-pronouns-than-patient-care\/","title":{"rendered":"During my kidney stones appointment, the doctor prioritized pronouns over patient well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhen-i-went-to-the-doctor-for-kidney-stones-she-cared-more-about-pronouns-than-patient-care%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2244869&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text describes an\u200c experience at George Washington University\u200d Hospital where a patient felt \u2064that \u2063the focus on pronouns overshadowed \u2064proper medical care.\u200b Despite displaying concern for pronouns, \u200cthe \u2062staff neglected essential medical precautions, raising concerns about the quality of\u200b care provided. The patient&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/onlyfans-model-rushed-to-hospital-after-dry-scooping-tiktok-challenge-causes-heart-attack\/\" title=\"OnlyFans Model Rushed To Hospital After \u2018Dry-Scooping\u2019 TikTok Challenge Causes Heart Attack\">primary care physician<\/a> later \u2064identified the\u200c lapses in care, highlighting the importance of prioritizing \u200dpatient well-being over political ideologies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I woke one recent morning to severe pain from a bout of kidney stones, I knew I had an excruciating day ahead of me. I didn\u2019t realize how excruciating until I arrived at George Washington University Hospital\u2019s emergency room where one of the ER\u2019s resident physicians greeted me wearing a pin: \u201cAsk Me About My Pronouns.\u201d The remainder of my morning became a real-life demonstration of how woke physicians prioritize ideology over patient care.<\/p>\n<p>The bloodwork taken upon my arrival showed a high white blood cell count, and during my stay, I complained of pain in both my kidneys. A CT scan taken in the emergency room likewise showed stranding (i.e., scarring) in both kidneys.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, my primary care practitioner grew concerned that a kidney stone had caused an infection that had spread through my urinary tract. She asked me whether I had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-skips-events-vatican-source-reveals-he-is-in-a-feverish-state\/\" title=\"Pope Francis Skips Events - Vatican Source Reveals He Is in a 'Feverish State'\">received intravenous antibiotics<\/a> in the ER as a precautionary measure; I had not.<\/p>\n<p>For all her outward concern about pronouns, the George Washington resident did not act concerned about a possible infection. She (they?) did not order a urine culture to check for infections, nor send the stone I passed while in the ER for laboratory analysis. She and her supervising physician also questioned the need for a CT scan, which had been standard practice during prior bouts of kidney stones, claiming that a scan would only be needed if I had a blockage or infection \u2014 an odd claim, given that I had yet to provide a urine specimen for analysis.<\/p>\n<p>As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-2-million-kids-left-public-schools-from-2020-to-2021\/\" title=\"Nearly 2 Million Kids Left Public Schools From 2020 to 2021\">health policy analyst<\/a>, I recognize that over-treating patients can cause complications such as anti-microbial resistance, not to mention raising health care costs for all of us. But when my primary care practitioner, who also happens to moonlight in another emergency room in the nation\u2019s capital, identified basic precautions that the staff at George Washington failed to take, I became concerned not just that I had received poor care, but that the resident\u2019s attire \u2014 one button referencing pronouns, another supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/23\/04\/27\/george-washington-hospital-medical-residents-unionize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEIU affiliate union<\/a> representing the hospital\u2019s resident physicians \u2014 suggested a focus on things other than patient care.<\/p>\n<p>I contacted George Washington University Hospital about the care I received, but its press office did not respond to multiple calls and emails. Had hospital officials responded, I would have asked first why the hospital subjected me to a combination of questionable care and woke propaganda, and second why it billed my insurer nearly $21,000, of which my insurer expects me to pay nearly $3,000, for the privilege of receiving both.<\/p>\n<p>My experience suggests that physicians should heed two lessons. For starters, leave the ideology at home. While everyone is entitled to their own opinions, others don\u2019t necessarily want to hear them, particularly in a place like a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than engage in ostentatious virtue signaling that alienates as much as it attracts, doctors should spend more time listening to patients than talking at them. Ensuring patients feel heard regardless of skin color, political beliefs, and yes, pronouns, will prove far more meaningful than putting a button on one\u2019s scrubs.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t believe that the staff at George Washington University Hospital listened to me and my symptoms, and my experience makes me fear that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">low-income patients<\/a> the hospital treats \u2014 the kinds of individuals my ER resident likely wants to help \u2014 may suffer from poor care and not even recognize it. Rather than injecting cultural Marxism into medicine in a way that politicizes the entire health care system, perhaps this generation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-medicine-a-prescription-for-disaster\/\" title=\"Woke Medicine: A Prescription for Disaster\">woke medical students<\/a> should understand that the best type of social justice involves them simply doing their jobs.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      Chris Jacobs is founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group, and author of the book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1645720020\">The Case Against Single Payer<\/a>.&#8221; He is on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjacobsHC\">@chrisjacobsHC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One morning, I woke in agony from kidney stones, foreseeing a painful day. 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