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Originally posted by bubbaluck:
I would not consider using a doctor who smokes. How can you work in the medical field in this day and time and smoke. It all ways kills me to see any medical professional smoking. I see people in scrubs standing outside medical offices on College Street all the time. I would fire their butts in a second.
As for those who have loved ones suffering a heart attack or stroke and need a cigarette? Maybe they should have thought about that before their loved one spent a lifetime around smoke, first or second hand. I haven't been there in a while but to visit ECM one used to have to walk through the smoking gauntlet that often included patients in hospital gowns with their asses hanging out and leaning on IV poles.
I use to love seeing the patients standing out in the smoking area at ECM hooked to their IV's, puffing away. I always thought they were probably patients of Dr. Morris or Dr. Holden, in the hospital for their emphysema, bronchitis, or lung cancer.
ECM now has a room for the smokers that has a special ventilation system. But for some reason, the smokers still prefer to go outside, though there aren't really any areas closer than the parking lot where smoking is allowed.