The fun never starts
Jan. 10th, 2005 12:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thessalianArrrrrrrrrgh. Patient complaint means I'm running around headless-chicken-like finding results and films and things so consultant can discuss patient in meeting on Wednesday. All films easy -- currently being reviewed by one of the registrars -- but bone biopsy reports a nightmare. Ring hospital who did the biopsy, who tells me that all samples sent to here or our sister hospital for testing. I have a 50% chance of getting it right first try, so ring my hospital. Results for bone biopsy samples done at sister hospital. Ring sister hospital. Sample got there, went somewhere else for further tests and won't be back until later in the week. So in short, despite all the ring-round, there are not going to be biopsy results for this meeting on Wednesday. That's going to be bad.
Also, you should not have to explain referral procedures to doctors. Ever. Doctors ought to know by now. It's a thing. If you go into a consultation appointment without a bloody referral letter, how is the consultant supposed to know why you're there? You might be able to tell him, but what if you get it wrong? Sheesh! Hell, even one of my own consultants seems to think he can refer people to colleagues without writing a referral letter first. Does he pay any attention? (Of course he doesn't. He's a consultant. Paying attention is my job.)
Right. I know I'm supposed to be around when that consultant is. He took great pains to tell me so this morning when I was on my way out of clinic after delivering his Dictaphone to his clinic room. Since he's not in that much, it's not an unreasonable request most of the time. However, it's my bloody lunchtime, I'm starving and he's not back from clinic yet. That clinic could last all day, given how overbooked it was. Arrrrrrrrrrgh.
Also, you should not have to explain referral procedures to doctors. Ever. Doctors ought to know by now. It's a thing. If you go into a consultation appointment without a bloody referral letter, how is the consultant supposed to know why you're there? You might be able to tell him, but what if you get it wrong? Sheesh! Hell, even one of my own consultants seems to think he can refer people to colleagues without writing a referral letter first. Does he pay any attention? (Of course he doesn't. He's a consultant. Paying attention is my job.)
Right. I know I'm supposed to be around when that consultant is. He took great pains to tell me so this morning when I was on my way out of clinic after delivering his Dictaphone to his clinic room. Since he's not in that much, it's not an unreasonable request most of the time. However, it's my bloody lunchtime, I'm starving and he's not back from clinic yet. That clinic could last all day, given how overbooked it was. Arrrrrrrrrrgh.