owen dempsey wrote:
> saw a nine day old baby with a mild dose of chicken pox; no
> obvious contact; didn't think too much about it and was very reassuring;
> 3 days later said baby admitted urgently quite poorly and given iv
> aciclovir; g'ma remarked to a partner the next day that the 'hospital
> doctor' had said that the baby should have been admitted when first seen
> by yours truly. a dr-pt relationship sliding down a slippery slope as
> you can see; what to do?
How very upsetting and how very common this kind of thing is.
When I am Health Minister I will insist that every hospital doctor
spends at least 6 months working in the community.
(Does Dobo employ a mole lurker on gp-uk I wonder)
I would be tempted to tackle the hospital doc involved. Such people
need telling!!
Dr Chris Derrett
Sen Lecturer in General Practice
St Bartholomews and the Royal London
Medical Colleges
+44 171 295 7949
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