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| - If you care about your health and your family's health, you will NOT bring them here.
I found 1st Care Family Medical Clinic on accident. My dad looked up a physician that used to be at this clinic MANY many years ago, and for some reason, it brought up 1st Care instead of her current practice. I was in so much pain, I figured it was close and it didn't matter.
WRONG. I saw Dr. Chettri for nearly a year, and this diminutive little man with a terrible attitude was a misogynist of the worst kind. He continuously inferred and told me that my ailments were in my head. When he finally sent me for x-rays, nothing showed up, and he extremely grudgingly gave me Tylenol 3, with a humiliating speech about drug addiction and basically telling me he didn't think I needed it at all. In the meantime, my condition worsened so greatly that I could no longer walk 1/4 mile without my back spasming, or "locking up," and the pain was too great to walk any farther. Dr. Chettri continued to treat me as if I were a simple little woman and it was all in my head. Eventually he finally sent me to the CORE Institute, where I saw a spine surgeon and was sent for an MRI.
It turned out I have degenerative disc disease, a bulging disc, and a herniated disc. The spine surgeon at CORE Institute sent me to physical therapy, and when that exacerbated the problem, I was referred to a pain management doctor, and I switched primary care physicians, thank God.
Every single time I went to 1st Care Family Medical, I was treated like a second class citizen. The office is FILTHY--disgusting!! The receptionists are inundated with calls and work. Nearly every time I went, I wanted to leave, but it was easier than urgent care and frankly, I was worried the next clinic I went to might be worse (if that's even possible). One tech is very nice and professional; the other is easily flustered and doesn't seem to know how to interact with women. That may be part of his cultural upbringing, though, and he was never disrespectful.
I would never, ever recommend anyone go to this clinic. Dr. Chettri is a shameful, misogynistic jerk, and my condition was prolonged and worsened because I subjected myself to this awful clinic.
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