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Dr Sergei Lapa 2024-03-17 Person 1 5 0

After basically me whole family having awful experiences with Dr Lapa, I felt I really needed to write something. First experience was with my Nan, who was the kindest lady you could ever meet. After suffering from back pain for a month or so, she had an appointment with Dr Lapa, who without even speaking with her for a minute, or doing any examinations, “diagnosed” her with osteoporosis and sent her on her way. Over the next few months my Nan started losing weight and so she went back to the doctors and he refused for her to have any other examinations of any kind. My Mum, luckily, got my Nan seen by another doctor, and this very lovely doctor instantly had my Nan examined at Southend hospital, as it was very clear something was wrong. Turns out it wasn’t osteoporosis, it was in fact Cancer. She died three months later. Second incidence was with my lovely grandad, who had various health issues, due to old age. When seeing Dr Lapa with a concern, and feeling quite poorly, Dr Lapa said and I quote, “You are costing the NHS a lot of money.” And lastly, my own experience with Dr Lapa was actually laughable. I have a condition that I was born with that affects my kidneys, so I’m very prone to uti’s and kidney infections. I’ve had these all my life, so when a uti doesn’t resolve itself within a few days, I know I should probably see a doctor as I probably need antibiotics. At this point I was quite unwell, so when seeing him and explaining my condition and my history, he dismissed me completely and told me I probably have diabetes. I very calming explained that I was a patient at GOSH in my childhood, and this is quite common for me, but not so common that I need antibiotics often, but no, didn’t even do a urine test on me and sent me home. Over night I became very unwell, high temperature, sweats, and body aches. I went back the next day as I was desperate and he instantly told me that I was wasting his time. I ended up going to Jones Family Practice in desperation as I knew I was very unwell, and the lovely Dr there told me that my UTI had now turned into a full-blown kidney infection, and that with my condition if I had left it another 12 hours, I would’ve ended up in hospital. This man should not be a Dr, and is so evident that he has affected many people negatively with his bad practice and demeanour. Awful. I’m writing this mostly for me lovely Nan and Grandad. Please report this Dr, I have, and hopefully Churchview do something about it, because I’m almost certain I’m not the only one.