Experts

(The conversation has not ended - yet.)

“Not that bad. We can have everything before sunset, I hope.” The doctor tries to be reassuring.

"And you can finally do something by then?" The woman asks.

"Well, yes and no. It looks as if your father needs some medicine to prevent the blood from clotting. But, as I emphasized, we should be cautious to protect... eh, whoever." The doctor replies.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, we need to consult a drug specialist and make sure there is no inadvertent interaction between the drug that we want to give and the others than your father used to be taking," the doctor goes on, "We need the assessment of a swallowing specialist to check if your father could safely swallow the tablet - so that you won't sue us if your father chokes and aspirates. By the way, it doesn't mean that your father could have his dinner if he could swallow; we will have to wait for the report of our diet specialist to determine what dinner your father should have..."


The woman interrupts, "My god, couldn't all these be done by a properly trained general physician - or actually anyone with a common sense?"