The Late Appointment

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Frequently in private hospital setup, admitted patients need consultation by an external visiting consultant. When contacted, they may convey to the in-charge doctor or staff, what likely time they will come for the visit.

Due to their busy schedule many times the visiting doctor is delayed. Even in routine and cold cases, the patient's attendant gets agitated, if the doctor does not come by the expected time and is delayed even by few minutes.

As the delay increases, their level of agitation increases, with the rise of tempers and sometimes the exchange of harsh words between the attendants and hospital staff.

To prevent such situation, one senior doctor, tells the patient the expected time of the external consultant's visit around one hour later than conveyed to him. This gives him one-hour safety margin.

 And if the doctor comes on the original time, it is conveyed to the patient that on special request the doctor has come ‘before time’ especially for him. The patient is quite happy with this VIP care.

(Based on true incident)

— ND
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DISCLAIMER: This article is intended only for fun purpose. The author does not promote or recommend any behavior illustrated here or claim it to be useful. Use of the information herein is at you one's own risk. Before trying to emulate or follow anything the reader is well advised to take into account ethical, moral, legal and other considerations. The author recommends that Medical Education should be of the highest ethical and moral level keeping in mind the interest of the patient as foremost and according to MCI and other Board’s norm. 

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