Thursday, 27 May 2010

This is why I keep going to rounds

 Whilst discussing the treatment plan for an icteric dog...

Clinician one: "Is the dog ill?"
Clinician two: "Well, she's bright yellow..."
Clinician one: "Millions of people in the world are yellow and they're not necessarily ill."

2 comments:

  1. Wow, ummmm... Yikes. Time for a new doctor!

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  2. If a doctor treating humans (specifically: your own GP) can't tell the difference between East Asian skin tone and jaundice, then yeah, I'd worry...

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