Student Health is Lacking

     Campus clinics are tempting facilities for college students to receive their primary healthcare during their semesters. While these facilities are usually equipped to handle the most rudimentary health-care concerns, it would be unwise to trust them completely with more difficult health matters.

     On the George Mason University campus, the resident campus clinic known as "Student Health" receives many criticisms from its student population for inadequate care for their major health issues.

     David Derby, a sophomore at George Mason University studying pre-medical science, is one of the many students that are dissatisfied with "Student Health".

     “The clinic is understaffed, and is overzealous with simplistic diagnoses of colds and flues,” he said in an interview. “A close friend of mine visited the clinic for help with a sore throat, and was diagnosed with a cold and prescribed amoxicillin.”

     “It turns out she had mononucleosis, and was rushed to the hospital two days later, because mononucleosis reacts terribly with amoxicillin.”

     This is not a smear campaign against college health clinics, but a cautionary tale to take charge of your own medical care by seeking out the best possible support you can when you begin to feel sick.

     Campus clinics can be sufficient in caring for your illness, but make absolutely sure that is the case through your own research.