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Leeann says:
June 15, 2010 at 10:45 am
There are primary care doctors on post if you choose to use them and for some things it seems to be the way to go. The care off post is very laid back in my experience. We used Carthage Hospital for everything and Dr. Fish and Harvey for my son off post. It was difficult to get them to pay attention to the problems he was having and they often put off seeing him until the problem was getting pretty bad.
I had on post doctors. I never met my actual PCM but had a few pretty good experiences there. They took me seriously when I went in and usually saw me in a reasonable amount of time concidering I was never sick.
I went off base to have my son. The OBGYN that delivered him was from the Carthage Area. They did not take anything seriously, including cramping, and many times left me no choice but to go to the ER because of their lack of equipment in office (the er was at their suggestion). The one time I went to the Fort Drum OBGYN (which is located in Watertown, but part of base) they were very nice, tried to help, and were ready to give me and ultrasound in office until they figured out that my referral was for the Carthage Doctors and I had been told to see them by accident.
I would stick to on base doctors if I was there again and use the Watertown Samaritan Hospital when ever possible.
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