No, PC healers cannot heal MOBS anymore. They could many months ago, but a
patch changed that. A druid CAN heal a monster but only under certain
special condition. The monster has to be of anmimal type so the druid can
charm it. A druid can heal his pet. But in your case, the monster is
hitting you, so the monster wasn't a pet.

I think your druid friend was telling you the truth, well at least the part
about some other healer type MOB nearby is healing your target. Shaman type
MOB will heal his friends even though the fight was not close enough to draw
its attack. As for his heal is not very good, it could be true. Druid only
gets an upgrade of heal spell every 2 ranks. So maybe he was just a few
level short of getting his next upgrade and his previous heal spell (8 or 9
levels ago) cannot keep up with the damage you are taking.

>From: "Mr. Beeba" <flpmc@...>
>
> One question...can
>druids, clerics, etc., or
>those that heal, heal monsters
>that they are fighting if they
>have the monster targeted? I
>have never played a healer
>type and was wondering if this
>was the case. Yesterday in
>Permafrost I was grouped with
>a druid that was supposed to
>be healing me when I was
>getting hurt, but for some
>reason every time I asked for
>a heal, the monster would get
>more health and mine would
>still go down. The druids
>explanation was that there
>were other monsters of its
>race healing it and the reason
>mine was not healing fast is
>because his heal did not work
>very well. Needless to say I
>died and quickly ungrouped
>from this person. So is what
>the druid said true? Or am I
>correct in my assumption that
>the druid was healing the
>monsters?
>
>Tadian of Veeshan
>