When we go to our GP we are in a vulnerable position because we are inclined to want to be reassured and to put ourselves in their hands and to not be pro-active in advocating for ourselves. You have to be aware of that. Because of this delicate psychological balance the doctors' have even more responsiblity than perhaps even they realise. I am sick of GP's burying their mistakes. It only takes one time for you to get really really sick of it.

So Shane Warne goes to his GP complaining of chest pain. He asks him a few questions and listens wiith his stethoscope, maybe he said it sounds fine and come back if it happens again. In fact Warne should have been referred straight to a specialist for a blood dye test to look for narrowing of the heart arteries. As there obviously was narrowing, then emergency stent work done.

But no, the doctor says just go on a boozy holiday to Thailand instead, that'll fix you. Or at least he doesn't object to it. It is a combination of Shane Warne wanting reassurance he's ok and not being pro-active in advocating for himself. But it is his body, his life, not the doctor's. Mainly it is a doctor yet again burying his mistakes.

The lesson? Listen to the doctor but listen to yourself too.