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Doctors Tales

  • 17-12-2008 11:42am
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    1. A man dashes into the A&E dept. and yells . .
    'My wife's going to have her baby in the taxi'.
    I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the taxi, lifted the lady's dress and
    began to take off her underwear. Suddenly after protests from the lady I
    noticed that there were several taxis - - -
    and I was in the wrong one.

    Submitted by Dr. Mark MacDonald , St. Andrews Hosp. Glasgow

    2. At the beginning of my shift, I placed a stethoscope on an elderly
    and slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest wall. 'Big breaths,' I
    instructed.
    'Yes, they used to be,'. . . replied the patient.

    Submitted by Dr. Richard Barnes , St.Thomas's Bath

    3. One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told a wife that
    her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more than five
    minutes later, I heard her on her mobile phone reporting to the rest of
    the family that he had died of a 'massive internal fart.'

    Submitted by Dr. Susan Steinberg Royal London Hosp.

    4. During a patient's two week follow-up appointment, he told me that he
    was having trouble with one of his medications.
    'Which one ?'. . .. I asked.
    'The patch; the Nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours and
    now I'm running out of places to put it!'
    I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped I wouldn't see.
    Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body! Now, the instructions
    includes removal of the old patch before applying a new one.

    Submitted by Dr. Rebecca St. Clair , Norfolk General

    5. While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, I asked 'How
    long have you been bedridden?'
    After a look of complete confusion she answered . ..
    'Why, not for about twenty years - when my husband was still alive.'

    Submitted by Dr. Steven Swanson- Maidenhead Royal Kent

    6. I was performing rounds at the hospital one morning and while
    checking up on a man I asked . . .' So how was your breakfast this morning?'
    'It's very good except for the Kentucky Jelly. I can't seem to get used
    to the taste.'. . . Bob replied.
    I then asked to see the jelly and Bob produced a foil packet labeled 'KY
    Jelly.

    Submitted by Dr. Leonard J. Brandon . Bristol Infirmary.

    7. A nurse was on duty in the A&E when a young woman with purple hair
    styled into a punk rocker Mohawk, sporting a variety of tattoos, and
    wearing strange clothing, entered . . .
    It was quickly determined that the patient had acute appendicitis, so
    she was scheduled for an immediate operation...
    When she was completely disrobed on the operating table, the staff noticed
    that her pubic hair had been dyed green, and above it there was a tattoo
    that read . . .
    'Keep off the grass.'
    Once the surgery was completed, the surgeon wrote a short note on the
    patient's dressing, which read

    'Sorry . . . had to mow the lawn.'

    Submitted by Staff Nurse RN Elaine Fogerty , KGH London

    Dr. wouldn't submit his name


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