Dr. Dev (Fictional Name) was on way to his son’s school to pick him up after the school when he received a phone call from a private orthopedics hospital where he used to go on call consultations. The hospital’s receptionist informed him that a patient of a road traffic accident with chest injury has been admitted and they want his consultation.
Worried at the patient’s status, as chest injury can be very serious and need prompt treatment, Dr. Dev phoned one of his colleague whose son also used to study in the same school as his son. Dr. Dev asked his colleague to find his son at the school and drop him at his house as he had to go on an urgent call. Dr. Dev turned his car towards the orthopedics hospital and drove quickly to reach the hospital as soon as possible.
When he reached the hospital and reached the patient’s bedside, he received a shock to see an apparently normal appearing patient sitting comfortably in the bed. You can imagine Dr. Dev’s exasperation when on inquiry he learned that the patient had the accident two days ago, and was only having mild pain in the chest at present. The orthopedician had ordered the surgical consultation as a routine.
Whether calling a doctor for consultation or your plumber for a leaking tap, mention the time frame in which you want him to visit, eg. immediate, urgent, priority, routine, etc. depending on the severity of the problem and the trouble it is causing. These will show your consideration and appreciation of the visiting person’s time and he is more likely to cooperate if you really want him to rush in future.
(Based on true incident)
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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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