Thread by @anilbhatortho

#VIPsyndrome: A syndrome in medical field where something goes wrong somehow with "VIP" patients..

I am sure many of us have come across this phenomenon where some sort of complication of varying degree happens in patients who come with that tag /1

These can be of various categories
1. Real VIPs in your practice ( mostly hospital staff/celebrities/politicians)
2. Those who come with a heavy recommendation
3.Those who are closely known to you ( family/friends)
4. Medical tourism related /2

These categories behave in various ways
1. Total trust in you,ask relevant doubts,not interfere in your decisions
2.Patient trusts you but family/friends have lot of doubts & interfere in everything
3.Irritating right from beginning ,mistrust ,high handedness at you n staff /3

Most of the times, there are complications in some of these patients which are unexpected, from minor to major. The irony is, the doc treating them is already under stress, scrutinised on each step he/she takes. Hence takes extra precautions which might be counterproductive /4

No one truly wishes anyone a complication, but in my personal and many of my colleagues' experience ,this happens very regularly. You keep your fingers crossed till the patient is discharged & the experience is a stress riser whenever a call comes to you regarding such patient /5

What is your experience? Is it an universal phenomenon? Has it been pleasant/bad/worse?
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