Saturday, July 4, 2009

Service 2: week2: rendezvous with the doctor on campus ...a rendezvous that never happened

Need: Medical consultation

Expectation: Moderate expectation as I have had reviews from my batch mates that the doctor aint so great. But I needed to see a doc for psychological reasons and pressure from family to go see a doctor and so I did...

Experience: The doctor is supposed to be on campus from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm.I reached the clinic at 4:45 pm hoping to see the doctor. But he wasnt there.Instead the clinic( in this case a room allotted in the junior hostel) was open and there was nobody inside. The room had a chair, a table , a small bed for inspecting patients and a small washbasin.
Now, here are some questions I have.

Why is the clinic in such pathetic shape? I mean it does not even look like a clinic.
Is the college indulging in having a clinic like this just because its mandatory to have one?

The doctor in this case never showed up till 5:30 and when he was called on his cell, he preferred to have a telephonic conversation.

Now as an xl student I do expect the college to have a decent medical facility.Especially when there are are so many sporting activities that happen on campus. And here I have a clinic opened in one hostel room that does not even have a doctor when needed. I understand I might be biased in jumping to conclusions based on just one visit but that's my first encounter with the service and probably after today's experience the only one.

SERVQUAL Analysis

Dimension

Rating (Scale of 1-10)

1 – Poor; 10 - Excellent

Analysis of Service

Tangibles

1

Very poor with absolute lack of basic clinical facilities

Reliability

1

Completely unreliable by the look of it and more so without a doctor

Responsiveness

2

Unresponsive. Gave 2 because the doctor bothered to answer the phone

Assurance

1

Nil

Empathy

1

No service offered


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