Humour Distraction: Jon Carroll, 14th March, 2006
I do understand that this is not a funny story. I certainly oppose public drunkenness, and I oppose irresponsible physicians, and a drunken doctor is no laughing matter. A drunken surgeon is even less of a laughing matter.
Therefore, it must be true that I was not laughing when I read the tale of Dr. Federico Castro-Moure being hauled out of the operating room for allegedly being drunk and belligerent.
     Further, the event happened at Highland Hospital, which is about seven blocks from where I live and thus will be the place they take me when I fall down on the street. Not that I plan to fall down on the street, but really — who does?
     And yet, when I thought about it, this is what happened:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/03/14/DDGU9GJ95T1.DTL
[permalink][comment] - posted by Mez @ 3/18/2006 08:04:00 pm