Fillers
A memorable patient
The “sum” of my fears
BMJ 2005; 331 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7521.883 (Published 13 October 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;331:883- Ajit Singh Kashyap, associate professor (kashyapajits@yahoo.com),
- Kuldip Parkash Anand, professor
- Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune, India
- Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India
I was driving hurriedly to hospital, as I was already a few minutes late after having dropped my son off to school. I could indistinctly hear my passenger, my professor (KPA), cursing me under his breath. I was preoccupied with thoughts of irate patients whom we had called to the outpatients department. I increased my speed to the maximum permissible, 60 km/hour, which was most unusual for me, my usual speed being about 30 km/hour. Indeed, I was …
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