Patients and doctors
The other night I along with my friend, who was suffering from severe pain in his backbone, went to consult a doctor. My friend had the pain all of a sudden and it was so acute that he could not even sit in the waiting room. As we did not make any appointment earlier, I repeatedly requested the man in charge of the chamber to give us an urgent appointment but in vain. Then I requested him to give me permission to talk to the doctor and unfortunately I again failed. He said that he would be rebuked for allowing me to talk to the doctor. He further said that nobody would be allowed to see the doctor without prior appointment. In the meantime the condition of my friend was deteriorating. So we went to a private hospital and took the emergency treatment from a doctor.
The experience of that night reminded me of a joke about doctors. The joke is: One day at about 12:30pm a man who was bitten by a dog went to consult a doctor. The doctor asked him, ''Don't you know that I don't serve any patient after 12:00pm?'' Then the patient replied, ''Sir, I knew it but the unwise dog didn't. So I had to consult you.''
If this is the case, then how will the patient be healed?
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