> I agree that his need to get home and see patients was probably not a life-or-death > situation; more likely a self-important exaggeration in an attempt to keep his seat.
Meanwhile, more information has come out: The doctor in question, due to technically being a felon (not that I'd hold that against him - he's done his time), was in fact only able to see patients in an out-patient capacity once a week.
So while it's true, it may not have been a life-or-death situation, just as with anything this situation has much more nuance to it than that.