Well, it looks like a P to me. Bisoprolol.
It's a C. Why would I order a beta-blocker for constipation?
What's that say, Carter?
Well, I-I can see how the pharmacy could have read it wrong, but, they really should have called.
Sure. Blame them, you coward.
It could have been read both ways.
Hey, you, come here. I need an impartial observer.
Oh, come on, that's a fax copy. You can't even...
Quiet, Peter! Is that a C or a P?
It looks like a Q.
Someone else who can't read it.
I prescribed bisacodyl. That's what I ordered. That's what I wrote.
Then why is this patient currently undergoing an angioplasty for a life-threatening myocardial infarction?
You heard me say bisacodyl?
Yeah.
Did you even bother to read the pharmacy label before you handed it out?
There was a trauma coming in.
Oh! Oh, a trauma came in. Oh, well, that makes everything okay. When traumas come in we can just hand out whatever meds happen to be laying around.
Dr. Romano was...
Carter! What does this have to do with you? Nothing. So shut up.
Can I go?
The growing level of incompetence around here is frightening. It's a wonder we haven't been shut down.
It was an honest mistake.
No, it was tag-team negligence. Okay, you are both prohibited from writing prescriptions until further notice.
How are we supposed to treat the patients?
I'm sure Dr. Carter or one of the other colleagues will be happy to write them for you.
How long?
Until your penmanship approves and until you learn how to read.
I know how to read.
Then do it!
[Carter pretends to shiver]
Thank you, Carter. Thank you, Carter.
[Carter walks out]
So you just gave him a bottle of pills without even looking at it?
Peter, what you wrote wasn't legible.
I shouldn't be writing your scripts anyway.
I didn't ask you to.
He was your patient. You always check the label before you give the drugs. They teach you that on the first day, Cleo.
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