This is so adorably stupid.

Nice Survey. I'd like to know the findings

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When yet another clinical colleague posts a no doubt astutely observed but incredibly arcane Grey's Anatomy meme on my timeline

This is so good it deserves a Hogarth-style gallery.

This is what an ophthalmic anaesthetist looks like when an ophthalmic surgeon insists on absolute akinesia to do a routine cataract operation.

I don't mind slow surgeons.
I don't mind surgeons who freely admit that a given case may take a variable amount of time.
But I really worry when it becomes apparent that a surgeon - who says they know how long they take to do x - has no idea how long they actually take to do x.

Patient: صبح بخیر میرا نام سلمہ ہے اور میرے گلے میں خراش ہے۔
NHS AI Translator of the Near Future: Good morning I would like to be voluntarily euthanised