I do love reading about the rantings of surgeons.
One of them recently pulled me up while he was on a ward round and said, in his best outraged-anyone-would-dare-defy-him-voice, "Mr. Patient here has said he had his sutures removed on the 11th. Why was this? I TOLD you in the Post-op notes that they needed to be left in until the 25th!"

"No", says I, "Mr. Patient is getting confused. He had his operation on the 11th and his sutures out on the 25th in the plaster room. I did it, and it is documented...here" *pointing to plaster room entry*

Without missing a beat, one of his minions (I believe it was his SHO), jumped in with a new set of case notes while saying "...And this is Mr. Other Patient..." As I was now being ignored by all concerned, I took it as a sign I'd interrupted the fun of a senior consultant bollocking a nurse and was therefore no longer needed. Either that or they'd noticed it was nearly Golf O'Clock.
( Funkenschlag still likes dogs more than cats, Sat 21 Jul 2012, 18:54, Reply)