Nick Jenkins typed:
> P.S I'm looking out for Hotch's second all clinical reply to the list!!!
Nah, I've given them up for Lent.
Had a woman screaming at me in surgery this morning.
Don't know how the wife found out where I worked.
hohoho
No, she was annoyed that the treatment given for
her son's scalp ringworm two weeks ago had not
worked. Wanted a second opinion. Told me that
I was "pathetic", as were my partners. In fact,
she said, she was certain that one of my partners
wasn't even a doctor!
(abducted by aliens, I reckon)
So, a bit more screaming later... I do love a bit
of verbal abuse... and she paused for a few
seconds. I was waiting for her to storm out of
the room. She had already stated that she was
going to complain about everyone. I said: "Can I
help?" She said: "Well, aren't you going to give
me anything?"
(there's a leading question)
I think I will need the services of a french polisher
to remove the mark made on the surface of my desk
by my jaw striking it with great force.
Anyway, referred the child to the local skin hospital
then booted them all off the list.
The next few patients (who had all heard the first
woman shouting at me) were all very nice.
Only afterwards, when discussing the events with the
reception staff, did I realise that it was the same
woman who had been involved in fisticuffs with another
woman in reception (both patients) a few weeks ago.
I heard the rumpus from my room and had to go out
to reception to break it up. So, not only do I get
a load of verbal abuse for trying to sort out her
son's ringworm, but this is how I get repaid for
saving her from getting beaten up by another patient.
Inner city general practice... doncha just love it?
--
Dr Iain L M Hotchkies / http://www.hotch.demon.co.uk (unpublished
novels and lots of other fun stuff, but very little hard-core porn)
"My experience has been from working in the UK that GPs will screw each
other but will be fairly supine when fighting with the Government or
charging the patients proper fees when they are due."
(Dr Sachit Shah, as posted on GP-UK 12th February 1998)
"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there
is something in them that is not disagreeable to him." (Samuel Johnson)
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