My reader's write

Dr. O is a psychiatrist, who says:

Occasionally patients make threats towards others. When that happens we're required to inform the individual in question.

In this case the patient was in the hospital, and had threatened pretty much his entire care team, including the surgeon who'd recently operated on him. So I had to call him, too.

Dr. Scalpel: "This is Dr. Scalpel, returning a  page."

Dr. O: "Hi, I'm the psychiatrist taking care of Mr. Haldol, who you saw last week. I just wanted to let you know he's been making statements about killing you."

Dr. Scalpel: "Oh, I signed off on him over the weekend, so he really isn't allowed to be doing that, if you could have psychiatry let him know."

Dr. O: "I am the psychiatrist, and I'm just calling to let you know he threatened you. Whether you signed off doesn't matter to him."

Dr. Scalpel: "Well, you'd think it should. Anyway, you should probably consult psychiatry to evaluate him, and let him know I signed off."

Dr. O: "Yes, that’s me. I'm the psychiatrist."

Dr. Scalpel: "He probably needs a psychiatric diagnosis."

Dr. O: "Yes, I'm addressing that."

Dr. Scalpel: "Yeah, that should happen, so consult psychiatry on him."

Dr. O: "I'm just informing you of what he said. Have a good day."

Dr. Scalpel: "Thanks, don't forget to consult psychiatry on him."

 

As of the time of this writing, me and the nurses are taking bets on whether Dr. Scalpel orders a consult for psychiatry.