Apr 18, 2006 17:03
Today was a really good day at work. I finally started calling patients. I called a woman who only speaks Arabic, so said I'd have an interpreter call back. I called a man who of his wife first said, "she doesn't speak English," then said, "she died." Which was a bit awkward. Then I realized how confusing those two statements are when put together--perhaps he's not used to his wife being dead? Perhaps he's lying? I really like talking to strangers on the phone. Scheduling appointments is rather daunting (I don't think I ever say just "daunting" on its own, without "rather"), because it's final and nobody's checking but a lot of people are affected, and I only learned how to do it today. I left a lot of messages with spouses and children, who all sounded very sweet and put me in a good mood, but surely will misplace those slips of paper.
Doctors are very cool. Health centers are too.