robby not wanting to have two attendings keeps being so frustrating to me. because every single argument against him not wanting it can be so easily refuted.
"al hashimi can't handle it, what if there are two trauma's" how many people do you think have died because robby was the only attending on shift and couldn't handle it. especially because he also consistently has flashbacks that impact his work. they need two attendings regardless if she can work or not, they have needed it for years.
"he cares about his department, he wants more nurses" cool, he's right for that. he has not asked for another attending once. "oh but hiring doctors is expensive" so are hiring nurses but that doesn't stop him from asking for it. doctors being more expensive doesn't mean they aren't necessary. before adamson died, robby was the second attending. he knows that that works well, or else he wouldn't be so fucked up from having to do it all by himself. "gloria will never do it" that's not the problem though, i'm talking about him not wanting it. gloria disagreeing has not stopped him from asking what he needs.
"he's still upset because of adamson, he can't replace him" not bringing personal shit into work also counts for him btw. he has a responsibility to run this place. they need two attendings, they used to have two attendings!!! it hasn't been that way for six whole years and he's refused to do anything about it. and clearly, it's not been great for him. it's making him, the department, satisfaction scores, patient care, and mental health of the other doctors there worse.
while the 4th of july sucked; patient care wise, it went pretty damn well. why? because there were two attendings. two attendings who both had a lot of things going on on the side, mind you. think about what one or even two (mentally)healthy or stable attendings could do. think about how well the residents and students would be trained. think about how many more patients can be seen if the residents and students don't have to put all that workload onto one attending.
think about how much calmer robby would be if he didn't have to deal with all of the death and despair of that place, if he could devide the workload. think about how he would be able to give triggering cases to the other attending. think about what that could do for him, the fewer flashbacks he'd have. think about how he would finally be able to sometimes drink water, have a snack while sitting down, and go to the bathroom. think about how much more healthy the atmosphere would be if he didn't have to do all of it. this place used to have two attendings, and now for the past 6 years it hasn't. and look how things are. cmon guys
















