Here’s Hoping She Gets The Kind Of Help She Really Needs
Bigotry, Doctor/Physician, Hospital, Liars/Scammers, Patients | Healthy | May 31, 2022
I was a medical scribe for about a year. One of the last patients I ever had was a frequent flyer. She had quite a long track record of going from hospital to hospital trying to get pain meds. You know the type — the one who says they are allergic to ibuprofen and asks for a narcotic pain reliever.
The physician I was working with that day happened to be the lead ER physician at that hospital and a board leader in the state, so he knew this patient very well. He brought in a nurse and me.
Physician: “I know what you’re up to, [Patient]. You’re drug-seeking.”
She became belligerent and started screaming.
Patient: “Someone else must have stolen my identity!”
When the doctor offered to call the police, she called him a racist slur (he was Indian) and walked out, screaming obscenities.
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