The Hospital
Posted by ES_FTrader@reddit | Jokes | View on Reddit | 4 comments
A sweet old lady telephoned the hospital.
She timidly asked, "Is it possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?"
The operator said, "I can, what's the name and room number?"
The old laday in her weak voice said, "Doreen Jacobs, Room 604."
The operator replied, "Let me place you on hold while I check with her nurse."
After a few minutes the operator returned to the phone and said, "Oh, I have good news, her nurse just told me that Doreen is doing very well. Her blood pressure is fine; her blood work just came back as normal and her physician, Dr. Ross, has scheduled her to be discharged on Tuesday."
The old lady said, "Thank you. That's wonderful! I was so worried! God bless you!"
The operator replied, "You're more than welcome. Is Doreen your daughter?"
The grandmother said, "No, I'm Doreen Jacobs in room 604. No one tells me shit.”
halbeshendel@reddit
I need to tell my dad to try this since he's in a skilled nursing center after a knee OP and no one is telling him shit.
Gubru@reddit
Doesn't work, HIPAA violation, or appropriate patient privacy law if you're not in the US. Automatic firing.
TeryVeru@reddit
Works rarely. with people who don't fear for their job, and in US it can take 2 or 3 reports to fire someone important for this but important people usually don't answer the phone.
Fandango-5691@reddit
If you live in the UK, nobody answers the phone😖 But if you do get lucky a nurse is permitted to give you details of a patient's current condition.