Friday, 24 October 2008

Stupidity

Just Beg For Your Job Back

Today, Jobbing Doctor has been persuaded to place a correction related to Dr Boadman's case at Leamington Spa.

Dr Boardman's stupidity never ceases to amaze me. She has a Trust waiting to gobble her up then spit her out. She knows the implication of "grovelling" on the powers that be including the General Medical Council. Yet, she grovels to the higher echelons of power. I have no idea whether this is just an Indian trait or a consultant trait or whether she is just blind to the future.

Does she have any self respect left?

Actually, lets expand that - does any doctor have any self respect these days? Do they have enough self respect to stand by their actions and fight?

Dr Boardman is also of the view she can "Control" what is said about her blogwise. Of course, she can't. I for instance know her Trust has a poor record of Data Protection and was found guilty by the Information Commissioner for breaching the Freedom of Information Act. Given those issues, the accusations against Boardman is really pot calling kettle black.

Jobbing Doctor is a softie and a sucker for a sob story. I don't blame him. The bloggers jumped on this bandwagon without so much as a cursory look at the documentation. I can understand that. Afterall, they all wanted another Dr Scot Jnr to fight for. Boardman's tale had nothing to do with whistleblowing in the end. While the accusations against her are minimalist, the matter is highly complex. Her situation has spiralled. It has also been compounded by her own reaction and decision making related to these issues. The above is one such decision.

Even if she is/or is given her job back - can anyone have any respect for someone who either grovels or begs? I have no idea. Maybe, it is the done thing these days - to simply beg until your problems go away. Perhaps that is what they teach doctors at medical school - to beg to managers, Trusts, the GMC even when you are in the right. What a sad state we are all in.

In my view, Boardman owes the entire medical profession full details of everything she is accused of prior to commanding their support. Incidentally, should Boardman or her followers email me to remove this post, it will never be removed. She has though arranged the removal of a number of other posts that were written.

I suppose the next move would be to cry at the GMC or perhaps even at the feet of the Trust then? Thats alright, a lot of men have lent Dr Boardman their hefty shoulders to cry on. The sooner she learns to fight, the better it will be for her.

Gordon Caldwell her supporter likes to read the books of the great philosophers of the past. Here is are a few quotes I remembered

"Fear has its use but cowardice has none".

"Cowards can never be moral"

Mahatma Gandhi

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