Health
Care
Two
patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same
complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip
replacement. The first patient is examined within the hour, is
x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the
following week.
The
second sees his family doctor after waiting a week for an
appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see a specialist, then
gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally
has his surgery scheduled for a year from then.
Why the
different treatment for the two patients?
The
first is a Golden Retriever. The second is a person.
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