Patients are not cans of paint

A while ago now I worked as a doctor in a private clinic owned by a businessman. He had previously made a fortune selling some type of special paint

He was convinced that a medical clinic could be run like a factory and that he would make a nice profit.

I was constantly saying -

“You can’t do that. These are people with problems, they are not cans of paint “

“You cannot treat these people like cans of paint”

Sadly I was right.

He went bankrupt a few years after I had left in disgust.

You cannot run a medical clinic like a factory.

The NHS cannot be run like a normal business.

Why?

Because you are dealing with very vulnerable ill people – not cans of paint!