Pediatric Hero Gifts

We tried rocking her to sleep, but she still seems tired and cranky.

2021

A female patient in an exam room sees a sign that reads, 'Break glass in case of physician burnout'

"Boy, am I glad they finally hired more staff!"

"Okay, now breathe another sigh of relief."

'Honey, I wish you wouldn't bring your work home with you!'

The Three Wise Queens

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

He was different from the other doctors. For one thing, he refused to play God.

Keyworker

Fighting Covid

"That's all I get? A sonogram? No tracking number?"

'I'm going to refer you to a specialist in that yucky feeling.'

'Before you see any patients have you completed your hand sterilisation and soap management course?'

Dancing Doctor

Medical personnel give their hearts

"I remember when we first met you were an exhausted young doctor! Now you're an exhausted middle-aged doctor!"

Booster shots

Fighting the Pandemic

"Unfortunately, there's no cure—there's not even a race for a cure."

'I had considered a career as an offshore commodities broker specialising in securitised asset transfers but the pension wasn't as good.'

Super-Tia makes Mal de Ojo undo its curse!

'You are a very good nurse. You're actually listening to what I'm saying.'

Kid with plaster cast being sawn off.

Nurse pushing the Grim Reaper out of the Surgery room.

'Sorry, staff shortage.'

London GPs could become an endangered species.

"You'll feel a pinch now and another one when the bill comes."

"I know — but he was nervous and his support dog didn’t seem to mind."

'What's holding him up?'

'I do need your bed, Mr. Davies, for me, I'm shattered after working twenty-six hours non stop.'

'It's not easy being fabulous and caretaking.'

'Did you remove my appendix? Yes, both of them.'

'I told you not to complain about the hospital food!'

'Could you be more specific than you feel zucky?'