Shift had become
more hazardous lately...I told Lem that we would end up with a medical suit
sooner or later as everyone of us is over stressed.
Many weeks ago,
there was this trio who came to ED; middle-aged male, aged lady and a girl. I
thought was it was a combo of granny, son and grandson and I was wrong.
The girl had
presented with a laceration over her lips. The middle-aged male did the talking
first – he identified himself as Dr C from the local dental clinic. He had
accidentally injured the girl while managing the caries. I could feel the fear
as his voice was “shivering”. The lady appeared to be the granny of the girl
and was worried about the wound. I reassured her that the lips seldom leave any
scar and we would take a good care of the patient. I had taken the girl to the
OT for suture and the duo follow us into the room. The dentist had however
requested impolitely that he wanted to stay and I had without hesitate asked
him to leave. In most of the case, I would invited the doctor to stay but his
attitude irritated me somehow….
The procedure was
a smooth one and later the father of the girl arrived. He was specifically told
the dentists that he had never read news about injury of lips during dental
procedure…he specifically told the dentist that there is definitely negligence
in it. The dentist just stared at the father blankly and did not reply….
He should have
apologized and battered his own chest while telling the girl’s father that he
would responsible till world’s end regarding the wound, this is what we were
taught in the past when encountering medico-legal case...
The case reminded
me that to be careful as our stake have become higher due to overcrowding in
the ED.
K had encountered a case last week; pt had
expired and luckily the family did not take any action...
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