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Originally Posted by Neil
How dangerous is that though, you could have been writing completely the wrong thing on someone's records. That consultant should have been pulled up for his dangerous record keeping
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He could read it and so could his secretary.......and there were very few mistakes. So his record keeping wasn't dangerous.
It just made you listen to his mumble twice as carefully.
I have been retired for 12 years now Neil and the era I am talking about was something in the region of twenty plonk years ago.
Many doctors had illegible handwriting. I used to wonder how they passed their exams....how can you judge if someone has written the right answer if it cannot be deciphered?
He was a very good surgeon and an excellent consultant - even though he scared the bejesus out of most of the staff.(I wasn't one of those that he scared. I just used to imagine him having his botty wiped by his mummy-that puts most things into perspective)