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From: [email protected] (Ravi or Deantha Menon)
Subject: Re: Should I be angry at this doctor?
[email protected] (Brandon Brylawski) writes:
>[email protected] writes:
>: Am I justified in being pissed off at this doctor?
>:
>: Last Saturday evening my 6 year old son cut his finger badly with a knife.
>: I took him to a local "Urgent and General Care" clinic at 5:50 pm. The
>: clinic was open till 6:00 pm. The receptionist went to the back and told the
<: ....other good stuff about the Drs idiocy
Ok, much as I hate to do it, here I am posting an EVEN BETTER "Dr. Idiot"
story.
I was in my 18th hour of labor, had been pushing for 4.5 hours and was
exhausted. My OB and I decided to go for a csec. The OB called in
the anesthisiologist (sp?) and asked him to help prep me for surgery.
AFTER, watching me go through a couple contractions, the anes (or anus as
I like to refer to him) said, "Well, I am off duty now." (still staring
between my legs at that). The OB asked to go call whomever it was who
was on duty and ask him/her how long it would take...and if it was going
to take more than a few minutes, to please stay even though he was off duty.
The anes. went out, supposedly to call the on-call anes. In a couple of
minutes the nurse came running in to tell the OB that the anes. had left
without even trying to get ahold of the on-call. It was the only time
during my labor that I swore. The on-call anes. took 20 minutes to get
there.
Come to find out, the anes. had only just gone off duty (about 2 minutes
before) and technically was supposed to stay in the hospital until the
next on-call got there. Good thing for all of us (especially him) that
it was not a critical emergency. But boy would I love to knock that
fellow's ouchie places ...just to let him be in pain a
few little minutes.
I have run into "Dr. Idiots", "Mechanic Idiots", "Clerk Idiots" and "Etc.
Idiots" in my time, but this fellow I would like to have words with.
Deantha