At the X-ray conference, Tim our regular radiologist was back from holiday, but not noceably refreshed by the break. His increasing irritability had a comedic zest to it. He struggled to conceal his contemot for the overinvestigation by us physicians, and cagey, defensive over reporting by his fellow radiologists. When one of my colleagues asked him, after reviewing countless CT scans, whether the patient should have any further imaging, he snapped “Is there anything to be said for another mass?” The room went quiet.
“A sure, why not? Do another fucking Scan”…..
Shamus O’Mahony, a gastroenterologist up our local hospital, known locally as the regional but formally as the Cork University Hospital (but to some of the doctors as ‘The Ministry of Bodies’) , has written a book by that name.
Not exactly autobiographical, more of a journal. Amusing, to say the least
It reminds me of Adam Kay, and his book, ‘This is Going to Hurt’ (also recommended)
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