A few experiences over the years with Dr. Mdawe… First one worth mentioning - a few years ago, he mistook shingles for warts. He burned the patch of shingles off me with dry ice. I seen a different doctor a week or so later and he was absolutely horrified a doctor with decades of experience thought a shingle rash was warts…….. and proceeded to burn it off a patient. And then very recently I asked to be tested for whooping cough, after 3 weeks of constant coughing, to the point of gagging. He googled whooping cough in front of me….. and then told me he didn’t think I had it without asking me more than 2 questions. I insisted I was tested, so he swabbed me. He then proceeded to miss the vial when trying to put my swab away. Instead, he jammed my nasal swab against the palm of his hand. When he realized his mistake he did not do a new swab. But packaged the one that he had just rubbed against his hand. To add to it, whooping cough wasn’t an option on the lab form he was filling out. So instead of getting a proper one he scrawled “whooping” across the bottom of the form barely legibly. I left with no confidence my swab would even be tested. I called 2 days later to inquire on results. I was told they didn’t have my results yet but the doctor “didn’t think it was whooping cough cause I wasn’t puking”, despite me having told him I was in fact gagging on a nightly basis, induced by coughing. Well, here we are 3 weeks later. Still haven’t heard about my whooping cough results. And I’m still coughing. So 6 weeks of coughing till I gag now. But alas, apparently something on google told Mdawe I’m not worth testing. Only good thing about Dr. Mdawes practice are his nurses, whom do more for his patients in 5 minutes than he does in…welll…decades, honestly.
Posted Date : 14/10/2023
Anonymous
He is a great doctor fellowed threw with appointment specialest for me.He is some body you can talk to if you need to.Very good bed side manner.Very polite and very helpful but he not always on time
Anonymous
Dr. Mdawe is knowledgeable and thorough and does not hesitate to refer to specialists. He offers empathetic and holistic health care support which is time consuming. However, I would rather have that than a doctor who sees me right at my appointment time and gets his paperwork done quickly!
Anonymous
he is a great doctor caring and dose not rush you he takes his time to care for you!!
Anonymous
Very efficient and asked for proper tests to diagnose a problem that 2 other doctors could not figure out. He was friendly, concerned and very professional.
Anonymous
Love Dr. Mdawe!!!! Although the pressures of being a rural doctor do come into play, ( hospital on calls , which make him occassionally late)he is a great, compassionate person who never rushes you out the door and listens to every concern! Definitely recommend him!