Why the difference?

04/04/2008

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 three weeks for an appointment, then waits eight weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray within a month, which isn't reviewed for another two weeks and finally has his surgery scheduled for a year from then. Why the different treatment for the two patients?
 
The FIRST is a Golden Retriever.

 

The SECOND is a Senior Citizen.

 

Next time take me to a Vet!

 

Sent in by Diane Hakala