As a health care professional, I completely disagree with that statement. I take extreme issue with ANY unfounded criticism of the doc and clinic that saw GZ at that visit. The doc did not have a clue what happened, or how it would eventually be blown up in the media. He saw the doc when the clinic records say he did--the next day after the incident, according to the ABC story. I would be VERY surprised if the Family Practice group GZ was seen at does not keep meticulous documentation-- and very likely electronic documentation. There will be clear evidence of when he signed into the clinic, who processed him in, which medical assistant processed him into the exam room and took his vitals, documentation for the insurance company, possibly labs or xrays taken in the clinic-- in short, oddles and gobs of documentation beyond what the family doc documented in his/ her notes. It would be EXTREMELY difficult to fake a doc visit to a modern clinic in a large city in this day and age-- and why would GZ have done that?? At the time, the day after the incident, he had NO WAY of knowing how this would evolve. Neither did the family doc. The family doc saw GZ as he saw any other patient--and remember-- the doc ALSO did not know at the time how this case would "blow up" in the media.
With electronic record keeping, it's just about impossible to fake the date and time someone was seen at a hospital or clinic. Secure e-signatures, timestamping, multiple layers of software and security, etc.
Edited to add: I'd not be surprised to find that facial xrays were done to rule out a LeFort fracture, given the bilateral black eyes. (If the clinic has their own xray dept on site.)
