AIRS

During another casual lunch time conversation, our discussion came again to the selection of new medical officers.

"X, our previous house officer, wishes to do internal medicine very much, but I think she has given up and has applied for something else," one of the selection committee member said.

"Why?" We all asked.

"It's all because of that mishap. Well, we all know she was trying to help the patient, but, at the end of the day, it was her slip. And, you know, the incident was reported to AIRS, and it doesn't look good in her personnel record." (For those not familiar with our system, AIRS in the Hospital Authority stands for adverse incidents reporting system. I deliberately omitted the medical details of what actually happened.)

"Alas, I agree AIRS is a very important point for consideration when we choose our medical officers." I smiled.

"You can't be serious, do you?" LS said.

"Of course I am," I replied, "Only house officers who are really trying to do something would get caught by this very gadget. For example, have you ever heard of that lovely pizza-hair being reported by AIRS?"

"Quite right. In that case, we should only recruit house officers who have a track record of medical incident!" LS chuckled.

PS. Pizza-hair was, until very recently, a house officer of our department. Her special capability is being unbelievably slow. I suspect she is so dense that light bends around her.