Richard, the patient’s husband, was determined that something else was wrong with his wife. Her rash had spread, but I was told by the previous doctor that he had done a full exam on her along with collecting all of her medical history. She had no known reason to have a bacterial infection, so I had nothing else to go on. Richard insisted we do more tests, and though I tried to explain this strain of the flu was one of the worst we’d seen in years, he was adamant we do more. The signs were clear, or so I thought, that it was just a bad virus. My supervisor denied any further testing, considering we were already tackling extra patients and were short staffed due to other doctors and nurses having the flu.
Susan’s husband became irate, but nothing more could be done. My hands were tied, and
