Dr. Unka is in my office building. When he refers a patient to me, he often walks them upstairs to my office and waits with them up front (while his own waiting room backs up) until Mary has scheduled the patient. He often asks that I drop everything I'm doing to come meet his new referral, instead of just, say, having them call us to make an appointment.
So today Mary grabbed me to say Dr. Unka was up front, and wanted me to come meet a new patient. So I excused myself from my current patient and went up front, to see him standing there with a familiar, somewhat irritated-looking, older lady.
Dr. Unka: "Ibee, I'd like you to meet Mrs. Ancient. I'm referring her for memory loss."
Dr. Grumpy: "Uh, I saw Mrs. Ancient 3 weeks ago for that."
Mrs. Ancient (glaring at Dr. Unka): "I told you! Why didn't you listen to me?"
Dr. Unka: "She did?"
Mrs. Ancient: "Yes!"
Dr. Grumpy: "Yes, I sent you a note."
Dr. Unka: "You did?"
Mrs. Ancient: "Yes! He did! It was even in my chart at your office! I pointed it out to you!"
Dr. Unka: "You did? Um, I mean, then have her make a follow-up." (leaves my office).
So, in this situation, who REALLY needs to be seeing the neurologist?
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