"Procrastinating Surgeon Putting Off Coronary Bypass By Cleaning Entire Hospital"

The article "Procrastinating Surgeon Putting Off Coronary Bypass By Cleaning Entire Hospital" was written on January 13, 2013 in theOnion.com. Columbia University of Medical Center reported that Dr. Robert Klinge, who is a cardiac surgeon procrastinated when he needed to perform an important coronary bypass procedure. Dr. Robert did not putt of the surgery because he was on an important call, but he had the urge to clean the hospital mess. He vacuumed, recycled and made sure everything was aligned perfectly. He thought that if he did not clean it then he would worry about it all throughout the surgery, as if the surgery is just another task on the side. Dr. Robert thought it would not be a problem if he left the surgery for the next day. He was adding a coat of pain and due to that he did not hear the call that indicated a "code blue." A coronary bypass surgery is not a simple thirty minute surgery that can be put off, especially for cleaning. A doctor should not be satisfying his OCD needs when he is responsible for another human's precious life. People trust doctor's with their life and doctors like Robert Klinge should be caring and smart enough to know that a patient comes before cleaning the hospital. I thought workers are hired to clean the hospital and not a heart surgeon that is on call.