[Skipton]

Priorities​

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 3 weeks for an appointment,
then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray,
which isn't reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for 6 months from then.
Why the different treatment for the two patients?


The FIRST is a Golden Retriever.


The SECOND is a Senior Citizen.

 

[Gunpark]

I was close. I said the first have a DVA Gold Card and the second is an ordinary person.