Who wants the rubbish job of flu GP?

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Who wants to be the flu GP?

By Sokol Medical ethicist

As the swine flu pandemic claims more victims and anxious patients visit their

GP practice in ever-increasing numbers, GPs around the country are facing an

ethical dilemma...

....The greater the exposure, the greater the risk.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, no-one jumped at the opportunity.

It is, as one GP put it, " a rubbish job " .

The GPs wanted a fair way of picking the flu doctor.

I first spoke to a GP I knew to find out what happened in her practice.

She smiled and told me she was chosen as the flu lead because she lived closest

to the practice.

If public transport went down, she could walk to work.

She was not thrilled at the prospect and expressed concerns about her

school-aged sons and getting attacked by desperate patients and relatives in

need of Tamiflu...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8135658.stm