Dr. Jay Bhatt
Brockville General Hospital
75 Charles Street
Brockville, ON, Canada
K6V1S8
75 Charles Street
Brockville, ON, Canada
K6V1S8
6133455649
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I only put a one star because it doesn't let me put 0.
I would NEVER recommend this doctor to anyone, if their life depended on it. I spoke with him through a virtual clinic for support around ADHD symptoms (not looking for medication, looking for SUPPORT. Although he wouldn't have known that because he never asked). He used his own bias' to throw down my throat. Without even asking me, he said exercising twice a week and eating three meals a day would solve everything. When I told him that I do cardio every day and strength based training 4-5 times a week, he said "oh. Weight training doesn't help the brain functioning" and continued to say exercise is the only solution to all my problems even though I had already told him I'm already doing this: "if it doesn't work, you're doing it wrong." This is extremely damaging for people coming with concerns around mental health.
The article of him posted online about being a "bully" and being suspended from his hospital job, couldn't have described my experience any better! This was being bullied for a whole 35 minute phone call. He is VERY sexist "those men you admire, this is what they do. You need to do true work and not guess work" (what men? I don't know, this sentence came out of nowhere). He then went on to say that I need to only focus on my job and when I expressed doing well in my career, he told me I need to do better because life without a job is pointless.
He threatened to breech confidentiality when I tried to express how challenging my distractibility has been and although I am fully aware that what I said DOES NOT constitute a breach of confidentiality, he quickly labeled me as "irresponsible", all while continuing to threaten "I may report you to the MTO."
I did laugh my way through this phone call as I felt like I was being pranked. I couldn't believe someone in this position could talk to another human the way he did. Sexist, aggressive, threatening, invalidating, controlling, and unprofessional are the only words I would use to describe this man.
For the sakes of your own sanity, do not talk to this doctor.
Submitted April 1, 2022