Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Stories from the Twilight Zone

HO#1: The bloodbank did not have any blood to send up for this patient.

MO: How can that be? No blood at all?

HO#1: No, they said completely zero. They even confirmed it with a +.

MO looks at the chart to verify. Written on the chart was O+.


MO: Patient is low on Vit B12. Please order this for the patient.

The next day:

HO#2: The pharmacy did not have any Vit B12. But I took care of the problem. I gave the patient 2 doses of Vit B6.


We met up with our buddies in Penang for lunch. I almost died when my friends shared the above real-life stories. It would have been hilarious, had it not been true. These 'doctors' should not be out running around in our public hospitals treating patients.