My friends and family would laugh hysterically if they knew I could
be labeled a "Country Doctor Frisco". I believe, after spending most of
my life in Dallas with a few short spells in Boston and New York, "City
Boy" would be a more appropriate label. That being said, I had a
lifetime opportunity to practice as a General Practitioner last year in
rural New Zealand. One thousand people, no stoplights, and a whole lot
of cows. A very new experience!
Opunake will always hold a special place in my heart, and I miss the
community there dearly. My wife and I lived on a cliff overlooking a
beautiful black sand beach and had views of the iconic Mt. Taranaki from
our kitchen. We grew most of our own food and explored the beautiful
country that is New Zealand every chance we got (I will elaborate on
that in future posts).
I was the only family physician Frisco for about 45
minutes in any direction and was responsible for the outpatient care of
our entire community. In addition to the usual clinic duties, I made
house calls, oversaw a 20-bed nursing home, and was the emergency
response team if the ambulance was too far away. My wife still laughs
about the day I had to respond to a trauma call in the middle of a
pasture - tiptoeing between cow patties to get to a patient who hit his
head loading cattle into a truck. (He was fine - just a little scratch
we stitched up later in the much cleaner environment of my office. With
that said, I am grateful for the significant upgrade of Urgent
Care/Response Room at Diamond Physician Frisco Office)
Local activities included contests to see who could grow the most
potatoes, a dinner theater performance by high school students and a
volunteer-run movie theater that showed only one movie per night on
weekends. School fundraisers included selling firewood in the winter and
sheep droppings for fertilizer in the spring - both a far cry from the
Girl Scout cookies I was used to.
Moving back home to Texas last month, I wanted to build a practice that would highlight the best of my experience as a "country doctor Frisco".
At Diamond Physicians Frisco, I am able to spend more time with fewer
patients than I would in a larger, traditional practice. As a medical concierge Frisco
physician, I can truly be available for my patients 24/7, and we can
build trustworthy, long term relationships to better address overall
sustainable wellness. Even with a population of 150,000, there is very
much a small town feel to Frisco. While I don't think dodging cow
patties while on the clock is in my near future, I look forward to
getting involved in the Frisco community and providing the same “Country
Doc” type of experience for all of our patients!
This content has been taken from https://diamondphysicians.com/Diamond-Blog/2017/January/Doctor-is-coming-to-frisco-introducing-dr-hurt.html
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