Late in the week for a good reason . . .
and I doubt my wisdom in writing this on a public forum, but anyway . . .

Originally, I had far more up here, with my views on the whole training scheme . . . I have since deleted some of that text, as it could get me into a whole lot of trouble.

The link below is about someone I knew, and a very good registrar . . .

www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/09/12/1157826941987.html

Why did he have no "outward" signs of depression? Because 1) he did't want to seem "weak" and 2) the distinguished consultants he worked with probably coudln't have been able to tell - they don't necessarily want to know about your personal life anyway.


Edit: 1. the garbage about "safe hours" later in the article won't make a lick of difference . . . the "good" registrars will simply not record the extra hours worked, but will hang around doing the extra work to make the bosses happy. Been there, done that . . .
2. The hospital in the article is well-known for this behaviour: it's a culture of bullying that has persisted since I was a medical student there (10 years ago).
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Wed 20 May 2009, 8:12, 3 replies)

Sigh..
It's such a waste, though.
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Wed 20 May 2009, 11:10, closed)

It is . . .
I knew him before he was at that hospital. Lovely man, great doctor.
Just happened to work with the same bunch of arseholes I avoided by not doing my internship there, and staying away since.
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Wed 20 May 2009, 13:17, closed)

Hard nosed arseholes
Seems to be a prerequisite of being a Surgical Consultant (esp Ortho and Neuro) that you treat all around like worthless scum and bully the piss out of them. Dis you hear the case in Llanelli in S Wales where a surgeon took out the healthy kidney, killing the patient? He was warned by his House officer that he was about to take out the wong organ and was told to shut the fuck up, who do you think you are etc. Anyhow, that surgeon is in Prison, the prick. Bullying isnt just dangeous to staff in hospitals.
(micmac is happy as a pig in shite, Wed 20 May 2009, 23:54, closed)