tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post112608733774070967..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Hypocritical OathKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1126633716756040192005-09-13T18:48:00.000+01:002005-09-13T18:48:00.000+01:00I assume that the "conference dinners" these estee...I assume that the "conference dinners" these esteemed persons of medical science attend are generally intended to be <I>working</I> events. If that's the case, what possible benefit could the consumption of alcohol bring? <BR/><BR/>I'm forming a mental picture of a roundtable conference of thoroughly "lit up" doctors discussing the latest in surgical procedures. Mayb that's why malpractice suits are more common than ever now.liberranterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1126624574429463892005-09-13T16:16:00.000+01:002005-09-13T16:16:00.000+01:00As an elderly retired doctor, I have to say that t...As an elderly retired doctor, I have to say that the BMA seems to have been taken over by the left-liberal PC mob.<BR/>I resigned from the BMA last year when I received an email asking me to support a parliamentry lobbying enterprise aimed at banning smoking in public places. A pre written email was supplied advocating the ban, and which I was invited to endorse. It seemed that the lobbying people were in residence in Westminster, pushing away at the MPs. <BR/>I do not smoke and of course would never advise anyone to start, but I developed the view over years that my duty as a doctor was to advise, educate, and encourage good health, not to enforce it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1126600863612842062005-09-13T09:41:00.000+01:002005-09-13T09:41:00.000+01:00Conference Dinners....at 9 AM???Doctors overseas s...Conference Dinners....at 9 AM???<BR/><BR/>Doctors overseas seem to be far more relaxed about things like drinking than those employed by Nanny's NHS.<BR/><BR/>I had a routine check up at a clinic in Kuala Lumpur..(great service, far more efficient than anything Nanny's NHS can offer) and of course, the questions about drinking etc came up.<BR/><BR/>Ready for the usual lectures about the risk of liver damage etc, I braced myself and admitted that I enjoyed wine and the local beer.The only thing I was advised by the lovely Indian doctor was to change from white to red wine.<BR/><BR/>Oh the bliss of being treated like an adultAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com