Skip query is not working see it

Patients.find({skip:{patientId:‘pat-839fab8d1e’}})

I’m not sure what you’re trying here, but skip syntax in Meteor usually looks like:

Patients.find({}, { skip: 10 })

Skip has to be a number.

Patients.find({patientId: {$ne: 'pat-839fab8d1e'}}) - it is Mongo!