The Persistent Prescribee

Dr. A.P. Sharma (Fictional Name) was sitting in the surgical outdoor. There was a tremendous rush in the medical outdoor across the corridor.

A man approached Dr. A. P. Sharma and giving him an old OPD prescription slip and a new blank OPD prescription slip and said, “Please copy this medicines in today’s OPD slip from the old slip.” There was a free supply of medicines for all patients with valid hospital OPD slips.

Dr. A.P. Sharma looked and asked the patient, “Whose OPD slip is this?” The man replied, “This is of my father.” “And where is he? I cannot write the medicines without examining the patient,” said Dr. A.P. Sharma.

The man said, “My father is elderly and therefore cannot come here. He is taking these medicines for diabetes and high blood pressure for the last 6 months. As there is a long queue in the medical OPD I have come to you.”

Dr. A.P. Sharma countered, “The patient is not here, there is no record of the blood sugar levels and blood pressure at present. Also, being a surgeon I am not best qualified to write these medicines. Therefore please go to the medical OPD and ask the physician there to help you. I will not copy these medicines in today’s OPD slip.”

Daunted by the prospect of standing in the long queue at the medical OPD, the man started pestering Dr. A.P. Sharma to write the medicines appealing to his sense of duty, humanity, service as a doctor, duty towards elderly, etc. After some time it becomes clear to Dr. A.P. Sharma the man will not go like this.

Dr. A.P. Sharma asked the man, “How many children you are having?” Wondering why he was asking this the man replied, “Three.”

Dr. A.P. Sharma said, “Look, I will help you if you help me. I have not able to do the minimum required numbers of vasectomies this month. You already have three kids, whereas the government had advised doing vasectomies after two kids. We have a new technique of vasectomy known as NSV. In this method there is no cut, no stitches, you can do all normal activities immediately afterward and it takes just five minutes. Help me by letting me do your vasectomy to complete my monthly quota and I will copy the medicines for you.”

Please note: There is lots of misconception among the Indian males regarding vasectomies, such as it will lead to generalized weakness, etc., with very few males opting for it.

Turning to the staff nurse, Dr. A.P. Sharma said, “Sister, please fill the vasectomy form for this patient and get the theatre ready for NSV.”

But before he could finish, the persistent prescribee had hastily disappeared from the OPD.

 (Based on true incident)

— ND
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Prescriber: One who prescribes drugs. Prescribee: One who gets drugs prescribed.
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