In February of this year (2012), I went to the Emergency Department of Moorehead Hospital in Eden, North Carolina. I was dealing with chest pain, along with some other symptoms. I was seen by Paul Maguire, MD, an emergency room doctor. After several tests, and several hours later, this man came into the room to discuss the results with me. His very demeanor was VERY rude and unprofessional. He asked several personal questions that really had no bearing to my case. He obviously didn’t like the answers I gave him, because he proceeded to insult and disrespect me. He actually asked me if I was “crazy”” and if I had ever been told that I had mental issues. He also “”insulted”” me about my cigarette smoking
that if I gave a d**n about my health
then I would quit smoking. I can understand that a doctor would address a persons smoking
as it is unhealthy. But the way he went about it was very inappropriate. His questioning of my decisions in my personal life
that had no bearing on my case