Dr Evil

A few weeks ago Adam asked me what the name of our local GP was. I couldn't remember exactly, but I knew it would come to me. He asked if it was Richard. I said I think so.

He had been watching Today Tonight or one of those stupid shows for the first time in years (It is banned in our house. So is the news: it makes me cry.), and they happened to have a story on a GP who did inappropriate things to his female patients. He thought it looked like our doctor.

Today I was transferring last year's dates into this year's diary (I am such a nerd, but I love doing that!) and came across a doctor's appointment - with Dr Richard Young. I googled him and came up with this:

Melbourne doctor to get lessons in chat

Friday December 22, 2006

MELBOURNE - A Melbourne doctor and former Cleo Bachelor of the Year nominee who made sexual comments to a patient during a pap smear will be counselled on how to talk to women.

Dr Richard Young will continue to practise medicine but was reprimanded and cautioned by the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria.

The board found Young acted unprofessionally by digitally penetrating the woman in a way that was not medically required.

He told his patient, "Holy mackerel, you are small." He then said, "You're really small, which is great for ... " at which point she cut him off by saying, "Not too good for having a baby."

The board said Young's behaviour was seriously unprofessional but not bad enough to be professional misconduct.

In July 2001, he was suspended for 15 months for affairs with two patients which stemmed from inappropriate comments made during examinations.

Young was ordered to have six counselling sessions on the appropriate language to use during intimate examinations.

Ew.

All I can say is, thank god I never had a pap smear at that clinic.

I always did find him a bit... I don't know if sleazy is the right word... but, overfriendly, I guess. Which sounds fairly innocuous. But consultations always did feel like he was trying to chat me up, rather than make me not sick. This probably sounds like 20/20 hindsight, but Adam has always agreed with me. Which is probably why I have another female doctor in the city that I go to for lady stuff.

I always do find male gynacologists etc kinda creepy. It's just not something I really want a strange man to be looking at. And I have had to see quite a few of them, since I have a wonderful (read: very painful) condition called vulvar vestibulitis (i think that's how you spell it). I have never felt comfortable with male doctors who specialise in this field... if I didn't have such a driving ambition to be a rockstar maybe I'd become a doctor and help all the women like me who don't want some guy who reminds them of their dad/grandfather/uncle prodding at her special bits.