aged care blues

it seems like whenever I go to visit an elderly patient in the local aged care facility, they are hiding from me. On three occasions yesterday I failed to connect with a patient who wanted to see me. You see, the problem is, that she is ambulant and manages to scoot around the building evading me every time. This is already well, and great fun -- however like most GPs we don't have time to engage in such shenanigans. What we really need is a radio frequency device to track our patients no matter where they are. The dining room, the games room, their bedroom anywhere at all.

letter to Sydney Morning Herald published

Dear editor,

The thoughtful opinion page editorials by Lindsay Tanner betray a side of the finance minister that we are seldom able to see in the media. For the most part he is the aggressive forceful government finance spokesman. In this role there is little space for his obvious humanity to be displayed. I for one enjoy reading his opeds and wish that more of his gentle side could be seen by the public at large.