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Originally Posted by Zoggite  ...And following on from my Transtec adventures from yeaterday:
Today's lunchtime hour was taken up by concerted attempts by myself and a very patient and understanding Macmillan Nurse, to try & get some Diamorphine sorted out for a terminally-ill patient's syringe-driver: The GP had issued a Rx for Diamorphine 5mg-ampoules, which we can't get hold of; we 'phoned around all the pharmacies in a 15-mile radius, to no avail; I had some 10mg-ampoules in stock, but we couldn't get in touch with the GP to change the script because the surgery was closed for the afternoon "for staff training"...
So what would YOU have done? |
I had virtually the same thing a few months ago. I basically trusted the nurse because when I asked her if she was sure the GP would write a new script for the higher strength (making sure she knew how she was going to get the correct dose etc) she replied "he'll write a script for anything I ask him for, the man is dying afterall".
I thought if this all went bad, then I had put the patient first, and I was told it was probably his last night. I must admit though, that it made me nervous, because the society never seem to understand these things, and just quote the law. I just wish we had some way of bending the rules on these things, and a society that was on our side, instead of having to stick your neck on the block to help someone.