Doctors Who Let Their Patients Wait for Hours.....

My husband and I have been doing the rounds in hospitals, seeing doctors for check up, diagnosis and minor procedures. We make appointments and come ahead of the appointed time but the doctors never arrive on time. Rather they let us wait for hours. Other doctors see their patients on first-come first-serve basis, still even if you're registered first or second in line, you still have to wait, for the doctor will arrive two to three hours late. The longest wait was in UST hospital for more than 5 hours and the eye doctor never arrived because he was caught up in a meeting. After several hours of waiting, even if he asked some other associate doctor to examine my husband, still it wasn't right. We could have consulted other doctor if we wanted to. Some and many other doctors gave excuses about being caught up in traffic or in a conference or what not.....for me that is no valid alibi. The only reason would have to be an emergency case.

This is my question. Why can't doctors make adjustment to their schedules, and not let their patients wait so long? Most of the patients are infirmed and old. We go through the traffic ourselves, cancel family or business schedules to keep our appointments. Our time is as important too. And we don't pay pennies for using their time. Why can't they be more professional with their profession? Are they so full of themselves? If more than 10 patients can come ahead of him, why can't he have the decency to arrive according to his own office schedule.

Doctors, please be more compassionate, keep your appointments and follow your schedules.