Ah, Bobcat......reminds me of a 'back in the day' story, circa mid 80's......

We were on the island with teenagers, one of whom came down with something.....earaches, sore throat, low grade temp, etc., and was feeling miserable. At that time our island knowledge and know-how was considerably less than today, and while we knew there were clinics everywhere including at MBR&C where we were staying, the term 'clinic' had a whole different connotation to us, so we drove into P'berg to take her to the ER at the hospital on Front Street, long before it became the home for the aged.

They had us sit on a bench on the sidewalk until they could see her and then they brought us into an ER treatment room where she was seen and diagnosed by the only doctor available - an orthopedic surgeon. We only found out his specialty because he was yelling at the nurse for calling him in for a sore throat because 'after all, he was an ortho and not a GP.!'

As we were sitting in the treatment area people kept walking through the hospital area using it as a short cut out to the beach and the staff never blinked an eyelid at this.

It was a very different experience for us but in the end, the doctor was great with my daughter and we left the ER with an RX in hand along with a bill for $35.00 for the ER visit, doctor and all.

After this experience we were telling a friend on the island about the day we'd had and he explained the use of the local clinics should have been our first option. Live and learn, and thankfully, while we have had to use island doctors a few times since over the years, there's been no major problems or cause for concern.... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />