Suite 862

patient: gasping for breath even with the oxygen mask. septicaemia.
attender: seemingly relaxed on a chair. legs on the other cot reading a newspaper.
we enter.
a: 'doctor, his condition is very bad.' legs still elevated.
us: we know.
a: 'can't we not anaesthetize him?'
us: 'err, am afraid not. by the way, we are from the urology dept and we need to catheterize the patient. could you wait outside?'
a while later we interrogate mr.a.
we ask him some questions.
a: 'i don't know! i just flew down from singapore!'
ok. we ask him about problems that were present years ago.
a: 'are you trying to say he has a prostate enlargement?'
we give up.