This is a reminder that the OR call team takes all cases.
All surgery types.
All surgeons.
All service lines.
We do it all.
But more than that.
We, the call team, take all the patients who require our help in the middle of the night.
Regardless of sex.
Regardless of circumstance.
Regardless of immigration status.
Regardless of age.
Regardless of what surgery is needed.
Regardless of how much money/clout they think they have.
Regardless of how little money/clout they think they have.
Regardless if the hospital leadership considers them a VIP. I hate to break it to the leaders, all are treated as if they are a VIP.
We take it all.
And we don’t care what other people think about that.
Because it is not the deniers who need to be on the OR table.
It is the patient in need.
You get my meaning
I hope.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 