SAFETY IN THE WORK PLACE1.

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HOW NOT TO ENCOURAGE A COLLEAGUE

The patient was slowly slipping away. . .

I had battled relentlessly to save his life; I was obviously losing the battle. I couldn’t even secure an IV line for him; his veins, though visible had collapsed. Time was ticking away, I was helpless.

The patient was HIV positive and in a very bad state; I was conscious of the risks to myself continuosly trying to secure an IV line in him.

A doctor, seeing my helpless situation, came to my side and said. “Do be careful, hope you heard about the Doctor who died after being pricked with a needle used on an HIV positive patient?”

Now that’s what I call encouragement.

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