Tuesday, July 5, 2016

The Demented Attending

There was this attending I worked with in residency who we were all certain was getting demented. He was about eighty years old and he always talked in a voice twice as loud as anyone else. Plus I would have interactions with him like this:

Dr. Old: "Fizzy, there's an article I really want to show you about neurogenic bladder. It's excellent. I'm going to bring it in for you."

Me: "Okay."

Next day:

Me: "Did you bring me that article on neurogenic bladder?"

Dr. Old: "No, I forgot. I'll bring it tomorrow. I promise."

Next day:

Me: "Did you bring me that article on neurogenic bladder?"

Dr. Old: "I forgot again. I'll definitely bring it tomorrow."

Next day:

Me: "Did you bring me that article on neurogenic bladder?"

Dr. Old: "What article?"

1 comment:

  1. Lol we had one in our program who would just come to the hospital to eat breakfast/lunch with the other physicians

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