Have A Bad Feeling In The Back Of My Throat About This
AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, CANBERRA, HOSPITAL, IGNORING & INATTENTIVE, NURSES | HEALTHY | FEBRUARY 1, 2020
(I am scheduled for a tonsillectomy in the afternoon. My mother gets a call in the morning.)
Nurse: “Is [My Name] all ready for her big surgery?”
Mother: “I guess so; I haven’t heard from her today.”
Nurse: “She hasn’t eaten in the past twelve hours, has she?”
Mother: “I wouldn’t know.”
Nurse: “You should know. She may not be able to have surgery if she ate; it’s too dangerous!”
Mother: “Given that she’s a twenty-seven-year-old woman, why don’t you call her mobile and ask her whether she ate?”
Nurse: *embarrassed silence*
(Most people having this surgery are children, and it’s protocol to call their parents and confirm the surgery. Why they didn’t check the age of the patient before calling my emergency contact is beyond me! It was funny at the time but also a breach of my privacy.)
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