She checked her patient's chart, finding nothing was wrong with him. She guessed he was one of those people who had nothing better to do but waste someone else's time. And her time was valuable.
"I am sorry, but I don't think you are sick." She exasperatedly told the patient, who still pretended he was seriously ill. "We had already run several tests. We can't find anything wrong with you."
Other patients deserved her undivided attention and not this man. She dropped the chart back on the cradle and asked the nurse to work out the discharge papers of her patient. "Go home and be happy because you are healthy." She turned to leave.
"But, Doctor Sheldon." The man was about to plead his case, but she moved to another patient assigned to her. At least the next one needed her help.
