I have insurance through Tennessee's Tenncare program. Tenncare assigns a primary care physician for you. I was assinged to a Dr. John Crabtree, of Cookeville, Tennessee. I have stomach problems and frequent migraine headaches. I was out of medication, so I went to his office for the first time. He is in his late 70's which was a red flag for me. I told him of my stomach problem, and that I have a Hiatal Hernia of the stomach.
He went into an hour long conversation about his mother having the same thing and that all she had to take was Mylanta. I told him I needed to refill my Prevacid.
Finally after another half an hour of trying to get two simple prescriptions, he prescribes another antacid pill to go along with the Prevacid. I ask him about the migraines and that I had been taking Imitrex, which I also needed a refill for. He said he couldn't prescribe it for me. I asked why. He said that he needed the medical record from my previous doctor before he could prescribe it. He also stated that it was my job to get my medical records and not his office's job.
He was supposed to make a referral for me to go to a neurologist for the migraines. My insurance requires a referral to see a specalist, which usually takes two weeks. His office never made the referral.
Two months later, I go back to his office for the 2nd and last visit. I had a swollen finger, and had no idea why it was swollen. Dr. Crabtree looked at the finger and said it was infected and that he had to cut it open. He did not wash his hands, nor did he sterilize the area where he was about to cut. He used a numbing agent and he was extremely rough with the needle, moving the needle around and around.
Then he made the cut, about a half of an inch long, in the cuticle area. As he made the cut, he was about 1 foot from my face and I smelled a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. He then sent me home with a piece of gauze and two prescriptions. I asked the receptionist why the referral wasn't done and she stated that the woman was on vacation that did the referrals.
At six o'clock that evening the finger swelled up three times it's normal size. I went to the emergency room, where I was admitted immediately, and placed on IV antibiotics for two whole days. The finger turned black and blue where Dr. Crabtree was so rough with the needle. That skin had to be removed by a plastic surgeon, who told me that I had an infection of the bone. Why didn't Dr. Crabtree make me go to the ER? Why did he cut me when there was no visible infection, just swelling???
I reported him to my insurance company's investigations department. I did a little snooping and found that he is no longer able to perform surgeries, he is not licensed at the local hospital, but licensed at a hospital in Celina, Tennessee.
Why wouldn't a local doctor not be able to practice at the local hospital in town where his practice is???
BEWARE of this doctor so this doesn't happen to you! Dr. Crabtree is drunk and unsanitary and made a bad call in my case, it is rumored that he is one of the worst doctors in town. I truly know that from experience.
B.
Cookeville, Tennessee
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