Monday, May 02, 2011

informer

the income tax dept is very keen to reward informers who snitch on tax evaders (read here). i have my personal experience with an informer this morning.

except that she was "a nurse" who called me up at 6.30am to tell me about a new patient who was admitted at 12 midnite. despite his multiple medical problems, she could not provide more details, like the duration he's had the problems & the medication he's currently taking.

and no, she also hasn't traced the patient's old notes which held a wealth of information the health status. as such, i could not give any instructions over the phone.

so, as far as i'm concerned, she wasn't a nurse (hence, the open & close inverted commas in the initial description of her job), she was just an informer.

she just passed a message, a task a ward clerk would have performed admirably with less salary.

6 comments:

Yvonne Foong said...

You don't work in a government hospital, do you? Cuz our government hires many informers in white uniform.

doc said...

Yvonne,

actually, with the mushrooming of private nursing colleges, the govt-trained nurses seemed to be a whole lot better these days. maybe relatively speaking.

Michelle Mak said...

ouch! i am gonna grad from a private nursing school...
wonder how my life would be...
hahaha
:P

doc said...

Mich,

be the best you can be!

Adino said...

After I read that, I'm trying to think if I made any enemies haha, cos I'm still waiting for my IRB refund!

doc said...

Adino,

nah....the IRB are just very stingy with their refunds.