The ‘Selective Genius’ of the Operating Room
And nopes, it is not the anaesthetists. I am here casually inferring to surgeons, the Lords of the operating theatre (as per their own flawed concepts). Do not get me wrong, I have no issues with surgeons. They are great at their job, at least most of them. Yet I can count on my fingers if I was asked- Who would you want to work with in private practice some day? If intelligence were measured by fine motor skills alone, surgeons would rank among the highest forms of human evolution—perhaps even higher than concert pianists or master watchmakers. Yet, the surgical mind is a paradox: razor-sharp in the operating room but occasionally bewildered by the most basic concepts like – Why do I need an ICU bed for a patient with baseline Sp02 of 80% on room air? (The normal being 95% on room air)? One of the best ones I had ever was on one of the night shifts: The patient is fine, we will just clean the wound on the leg. In comes the patient- some 150kg 60 years old gentleman with a short ne...