I went to the ER with kidney stones, one of the ER doctors ordered some tests, I had blood in my urine, so they did a CAT scan an d was told to come in the next day for the results. Dr Cowtan was in the next day, he told me that I was not in the day before for a CAT scan, infact he became very rude and started calling me a liar. I asked one of the nurses not to let this guy treat me. If every a doctor shows signs of burnout, this is it. Don't let this inept doctor treat you.
Posted Date : 29/04/2024
Anonymous
I got this jerk in the E.R. one night. I was waiting for my appt to see my surgeon to get my gallbladder removed & i had the worst attack in my life (found out later i had a stone in my common bile duct) i sat in the waiting area for nearly 3 hours on the floor crying in pain then finally got in. it took him another hour to come & see me & when he got there he asked me what was wrong & i told him i was having a really bad gallbladder attack & i was told to come to the emergency room if they got bad to possibly get it removed quicker. He looked at my file & asked me if i had gotten this test & that test done(which i had)then asked me what he expected him to do. I looked at him puzzled & said i was just told to come here & he told me i quote “Im not a miracle worker & i cant make it snow” gave me a shot of morphine & sent me home. I slept for 26 hours & when the morphine wore off i was too scared to go back to the E.R again so i drove to Bow Island to see my family dr to get real service
Anonymous
This jerk of a doctor told my husband he was having a heart attack, then disappeared. An hour later another doctor came by and told us he wasnt. Nice of him to come and admit his mistake
Anonymous
We saw Dr Cowtan due to husband’s very high fever. We were in the Emergency Room for 5 hours but Dr Cowtan was very thorough. He ordered a 2 site blood test, abdominal X-Ray and urine test. With each of these he found problems and gave medications. He had reviewed my husband’s chart well indicating different things that were chronic ailments that we had not discussed with him. He prescribed an antibiotic according to the results he was able to receive that night. The remarkable action was he phoned us on our cell on Christmas Eve and let us know that from results that had taken a couple of days to receive, that it was indeed a different type of bacteria than expected and had the new prescription sent to a pharmacy in the city we were visiting. Maybe he did not have the best bedside manner but he did showe concern and was obviously following up on this case.
Anonymous
I didn’t even know this site was here, but once I found it I wanted to tell you about the experience I had with cowtan. I was three months pregnant and was spotting. Headed to emerge and cowman was on. He did find a bit of blood in my urine. He did not do an exam at all. Just informed me that he found the blood in urine and I quote ” go home put your feet up you are having a spontaneous abortion and it will be over by morning”. Morning came and I contacted my own Dr. Had an enternal exam and was told everything was going to be fine. That was 26 years ago and our son is very healthy. Every time I see the guy in and around town I would like to drive right over him and let him know he should go home and it will all be over by morning
Anonymous
Dr. Cowton was very rude and ignorent asking my son to explain why he was at emergency and when he explained that he was at emergency six nights ago and also was at walk-in three nights ago and with the medication given he was getting no better and was tired achy and couldn’t function. Doctor wanted to know what he should do about it….. If we knew what to do, we wouldn’t be here, maybe by doing more tests, maybe something will show up, your the doctor not us…………… He was rude, unconserned and made you feel like you are unimportant. I will diffenently be asking for a different Doctor if I ever get him again…. I can’t believe he still has a job with an additude like that………….