The 3 young medical students moved in to surround the rather large oversized cot of crying child in obvious discomfort . They mulled around the child whose demeanour was so full of anguish, despair and discomfort listened to them test their little found knowledge from short lived paediatrics training resulting in opinions or solutions which were neither here nor there.
Each taking turns with the stethoscopes to diagnose doom or gloom or satisfy their curiosities in understanding what gibberish was on the patient’s medical charts. Still mulling, it soon dawned on me they had no idea about what they were looking for , or any clues about the solutions to end the despair of a suffering child.
Not even a pat on the back or an attempt to engage the child in a humane manner which could alleviate this Lab rat feeling (surrounded by 3 men in white coats wielding shining instrument dangling from their necks).
Nooooo… that’s not what we do around her! We are Doctors! Ehem; ehem, sorry Ooooh. Medical students soon to be fully fledged Doctors only deal with people on a professional level not on a social. We would otherwise be called social workers. Isn’t social work part of what we do as medical doctors? I thought out loud. Erm , Mmmmm, yes it is but not on the single spine; you would need a neurologist FOR that. A ‘NEURO WHAT’ who I asked? What’s the link between single spine and Neurology?
Welllllll, it has something to do with the spine INNIT'?... to be continued OR NOT
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