Dr. Lammers
Dr. Damien
is the personal physician and friend to another physician Dr. Lammers. Lately, Dr. Lammers has seemed withdrawn,
irritable, and distracted. Dr. Damien
has heard rumors that Dr. Lammers recently made an error in calculating a
medication dosage, but a pharmacist caught the error before the drug was
dispensed. Dr. Lammers has resisted
talking to anyone about the incident. As
Dr. Lammers’ physician, Dr. Damien knows that Dr. Lammers once had an addiction
to cocaine in medical school. Dr. Damien
has a strong suspicion that Dr. Lammers may be relapsing, but Dr. Lammers will
neither confirm nor deny Dr. Damien’s assumption when asked. Dr. Damien offers to help Dr. Lammers enter
into a treatment program, but Dr. Lammers says he is “handling things by
himself” and is now avoiding Dr. Damien.
Dr. Damien has no proof of his
suspicions and Dr. Lammers has not made any medical errors since the incident
with the medication error. Rumors are
circulating about Dr. Lammers’ performance, as he has been particularly
irritable with the staff around him. Dr.
Lammers wants to intervene, but is unsure how to proceed. Dr. Lammers is not sure that he is justified
in bringing forward a charge Dr. Lammers being an impaired physician, as he has
no convincing evidence that Dr. Lammers is currently on drugs.
*Written by Devan Stahl
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