Dr. Judy Mader
Staff
Punctuality
Helpfulness
Knowledge
Mader Judy Dr
None 5991 Spring Garden Rd
Halifax, NS, Canada
B3H 1Y6
None 5991 Spring Garden Rd
Halifax, NS, Canada
B3H 1Y6
19024296958
No Website Provided
Very unsatisfied with the "treatment" my daughter has received over her time- I was referred to Dr. Mader nearing the end of my pregnancy for prenatal. My family doctor was retiring, so Dr. Mader took my daughter on once she was born, to follow her well baby check ups.
She never went through a list of questions to see what milestones my daughter was meeting- she was at a low percentile for her weight for the first few months so we went often for weight checks - but that was basically it - then at her 2, month, 4 month etc. basically gave her, her needles,- checked her weight, length, head circumference and sent us on our way.
Anytime I had questions, she never made me feel I was being heard. By the time my daughter was 12 months - she still wasn't crawling. I raised concern to Dr. Mader and she acted like it wasn't a big deal, and that she may go right to walking, that she could be late- basically acted like it wasn't a big deal- never asked any other questions about her development, NEVER checked her reflexes once! a few weeks later, my daughter was full on crawling, then came her cruising, so my husband and I thought she was on her way - after months of being in the same place, she still wasn't walking, and would get frustrated sometimes when we put her up to her toy walkers.
By the time she was 18 months my husband and I were concerned she was still not walking, we wrote down concerns we had, with her not walking being at the top of the list. we wanted to be prepared when we went to her visit to see Dr. Mader.
first thing Dr. Mader asked, so shes walking, and talking? we said no, shes not walking- and she basically blew it off again as it was no big deal?.. this was concerning to me. she said she would give a req, for x-rays, to rule out hip dysplasia, but did not stand her up, look at her legs, or ankles...
Enough was enough, and I had to take matters into my own hands - come to find out after bringing my daughter to a physio, then a long wait for a referral to iwk my daughter has bilateral ankle foot orthosis, she will be required to wear a brace for sometime.. now my daughter is still quite young, but Dr. Mader completly dropped the ball on this. If she wasn't sure what could have been wrong she should have sent a referral off somewhere. I basically had to do that myself.
shes now on a waiting list at the NS rehab to finally get fitted for a brace, and to see what one she might need. now if Dr Mader caught this earlier my daughter could already be walking with her brace, but because this doctor either is A. so incompetent that she doesn't know what questions to ask, ie: sending a referral to physio, sending us to a pediatrician- or B, is so blatantly ignorant and doesn't care about the well-being of children she should NOT be a physician.
My daughter received better care from a physiotherapist on her first visit then she did in over 18 months in being in this doctors care.
I will never return to her, because my family would receive better care from a walk-in physician then from her.
if you want the best care for your family seek another physician!
Submitted April 23, 2018