Podiatrists, medical leaves, foot care

Curious as to whether doctors are being given 6 months maternity leave (hospital system employment perks) in other areas? I’ve had two female doctors take long maternity leaves, another took emergency family medical leave. Nobody makes arrangements for a different doctor to take on their patients during leave. The most recent situation caused me to go six months between toenail trimming. As a diabetic with ingrown nails and pincer nails, I can barely make it three months. Due to doctor shortage, nobody else could see me. Caused me to have infected ingrown toenail, toe infected up to first joint. Then, she ignored the infection, cut my nails, sent me on my way, saying she was leaving, good luck to me. I was able to get into an associate six weeks later, who observed the infection had been going on awhile, should have been tended to last visit. Um, like, yes, and thank you for taking care of me. I had to resort to using a rollator because I couldn’t stand the pain walking.
The first doc who took advantage of the six month maternity leave at least had another doc who would take care of patients needing prescription refills. Better than nothing.
The cardiologist who took emergency Family medical leave, had no coverage, nobody answering patient phone messages, nor answering questions in patient portal. It was a cardiologist. I was in middle of testing when I was abandoned, couldn’t get test results for over six months. Results couldn’t be uploaded to the portal until doctor read and okayed it. Even when the cardiologist returned, I asked for the results to be uploaded, as I had an internist looking for the results. He still cannot get them. I feel abandoned, to be honest. Is this the new way we receive medical care in the US?
I am a responsible, pleasant, compliant patient, and very frustrated with these situations being treated as the new normal.