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Teaching hospital.
Parent admitted for major cardiac surgery.
Surgery went over allotted time by 4-5 hours.
Attending surgeon explained vaguely in waiting room something about a mistake; they had to scrub into the operation and take over for residents.
Compounded by 2 days later at heavily sedated/unconscious parent's bedside during visiting hours.
Medschool's attending nephrologist along with one of their fellows or resident come by the foot of bed.
Doc sees patient's family member and proceeds to tell the fellow/resident at the foot of the bed kidneys are gone, not recoverable.
Shocked to overhear this new information for first time, patient's family member asks doctor what do you mean, is parent going to die?
Nephrologist gets deer in headlight look and remains silent, doc never attempts to explain their statements.
Eternity passed by before fellow/resident finally breaks the silence and tries to show the compassion that nephrologist could not/would not display.
Never saw nephrologist again for the nearly over half-a-year parent was in ICU and passed.
Parent admitted for major cardiac surgery.
Surgery went over allotted time by 4-5 hours.
Attending surgeon explained vaguely in waiting room something about a mistake; they had to scrub into the operation and take over for residents.
Compounded by 2 days later at heavily sedated/unconscious parent's bedside during visiting hours.
Medschool's attending nephrologist along with one of their fellows or resident come by the foot of bed.
Doc sees patient's family member and proceeds to tell the fellow/resident at the foot of the bed kidneys are gone, not recoverable.
Shocked to overhear this new information for first time, patient's family member asks doctor what do you mean, is parent going to die?
Nephrologist gets deer in headlight look and remains silent, doc never attempts to explain their statements.
Eternity passed by before fellow/resident finally breaks the silence and tries to show the compassion that nephrologist could not/would not display.
Never saw nephrologist again for the nearly over half-a-year parent was in ICU and passed.