Early in the day a women came into the E.R. to be seen for an infection in her mouth. She had a large abscess the size of a golf a ball growing from her cheek. So one of our physicians saw and treated the patent by giving her antibiotics and some Loratabs, to help with the pain, and told her to come back in eight hours to receive more antibiotics.
Later that night close to 10p.m. the patient returned to receive her antibiotics. The doctor on duty went to see the patient and asses how she was doing. She stated she was feeling better but she still had pain and wondered if she could get more pain medication. The doctor replied “O.K. well, when you get home just take some of the pills we prescribed to you earlier.” The girl then said “Well I wont be going home right away I am going shopping with my child.” The doctor then said “At ten o’clock at night isn’t that a bit late, Listen we will start your antibiotics and I am not going to give you anymore pain meds. You’ll just have to wait tell you get home to take them.” The doctor then turned around and walked away, to which the girl then flipped him of with her middle finger behind his back.
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