The era of the old-fashioned, independent doctor who still made house calls, lingered with patients during 45-minute appointments, and befriending many along the way — was over. “I probably should have stopped anyway,’’ admitted Mahrer, who has blood pressure and intestinal issues, and recently lost vision in one eye. “It was a happy, interesting place,’’ said his son Jeff Mahrer, 55, who recently visited from North Carolina. At the time he started working in San Jose, the city of nearly 100,000 residents “was a very prejudiced town with a lot of very prejudiced doctors,’’ Mahrer recalled. Upon his return, the woman told Mahrer that she never wanted to be touched by a black doctor again.

Source: Ethiopian News August 05, 2017 12:56 UTC