Doctor: Good morning, what’s wrong?
Patient: I caught cold last night and since then I have been
having severe pain in the left part of my chest.
Doctor: Let me examine you. Please lie down.
(The doctor examines the patient with a stethoscope.)
Doctor: Take deep breath.
(Presses the belly.)
Doctor: Is it painful?
Patient: No, Doctor, but I have rather loose motions.
Doctor: We will have to take X-ray of your chest. For the
time being, I am prescribing tablets for pain and mixture for digestion. Please
do not forget to come tomorrow.
(On the following day, the doctor studies the X-ray
carefully.)
Doctor: You have pneumonia in the left side of your chest.
You shall have to take injections. In case injections do not suit you, I shall
prescribe capsules.
Patient: Oh, I have pneumonia in the left side of my chest?
Doctor: It is perfectly curable disease. Please don’t worry
in the least. Continue the treatment and you will be all right soon.
Patient: I will follow your instructions. Thank you very
much.
(After a week)
Patient: Good morning, doctor.
Doctor: Good morning, how are you now?
Patient: Not so good, doctor. I still fill pain on the left
side of my chest every now and then.
Doctor: It should not be so. Are you sure about diet.
Patient: I suppose, you did not instruct me about diet.
Doctor: Listen! Avoid cold items as well as very hot. I bet,
you will be O.k. on my prescription.
Patient: Thank you doctor.
