The Doctor’s Bill.
If a man makes it a rule to pay his doctor when the bill is sent in we are very grateful to him. A doctor has his rent and household expenses to pay just like everybody else, and he appreciates the sight of a £lO note as much as anybody. We try not to be gr. sping, and I think, on the whole, we ma.ee a good many bad debts. We occasionally suffer because patients send for a doctor in a panic on some cold winter’s night, and when the bill conies in the spring all the anxiety has been long since forgotten, and the annoyance at the bill is all that remains. Let us be good friends over money matters. If you agreed that the bill is just, pay as soon as you can; don’t always leave the doctor to the last. If you think the bill is too much, call and have a chat; the doctor won’t bite your head off. And if you wish to find fault with a doctor, speak nt once while he is attending, and no doubt the misunderstanding will be cleared up. Do not make the first complaint long after the illness is over when the bill comes in.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 207, 1 September 1934, Page 3
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