I have a very sick sim named Duto. Sick, not weakened. I noticed when he first got sick, (not event related) and his bar was barely showed any white. He happened to be my only healer, so I took somebody, Ema, with not even a single pixel of healing ability to heal him. Ema is now an adept doctor just from trying to heal Duto. Duto's health meter is down about a fifth now and he's still sick.

I have plenty of food and Medicine is at level 2, but I'm nowhere near getting level three. Only 24000 points and too many other things to buy first. I tried leaving the game and coming back and he's still sick. He's only 40 years old.

This is my second time through the game and this never happened to me before. I can't stand hearing his little coughs. It breaks my heart.

That really shouldn't happen, especially with an Adept Doctor. Sometimes it does take more than one attempt to heal a sick villager. Have you tried healing him with another villager? I'd suggest giving that a try and see if he is healed. Don't give up on him, or he won't get better.

Oh that's just dumb. I tried that and used Kissa, another Sim with zero healing ability and Duto was healed after one attempt. I had just spent the past 45 minutes trying to heal him with Ema. Odd, but at least now I have an adept doctor.

Sometimes I think healing has the same 'personality' effects that breeding does. I guess some doctors have a bad bedside manner and the patient just doesn't take to him?

I had that problem to when I first started.. Glad that you figured out what the problem was and fixed it. Good Luck in the game.