A man is carried to the E. R. with a painful infection on his foot. The nurse at the reception calls for the doctor on call to see the man. Due to some mix up with scheduling two doctors were called to see this man agonizing pain.
The first doctor examines the foot and see whats wrong, turning to the man he says "I'm sorry but I'm not able to do anything about your foot, the only thing i can do is give you some sedatives, while we wait for a room to have a surgery to cut your foot, hoping that the infection doesn't spread to the rest of your body."
The second doctor takes a closer look and says "I think we may not need to cut your foot after all, it seams to me that we can cure your disease, if we start now there's a chance that you'll be able to keep your foot and walk normally at the end of the treatment, even though it will be painful until the end."
Now as a patient you get to choose between the two diagnoses...
1 comment:
That is an easy choice. Pain is almost always better than regret.
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