A man has taken the decision to ignore his GP’s advice on how to treat his condition before she finished speaking.
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Brian Caruana, 23, from Mosta, visited Dr Maria Mifsud at her clinic after suffering from chest pain.
After diagnosing the illness as acid reflux, Dr Grech put Mr Caruana on a course of antacids, while also recommending he avoid certain foods.
“It was at that point that I thought, ‘Here we go – she’s probably going to mention all the foods I enjoy’,” Caruana said.
“Tomatoes or tomato-based products – yup. Bread – yup. Cheese – yup. Spicy food – yup. Basically 50 percent of my diet.”
Caruana added that before Dr Grech had continued with “coffee, chocolate and alcohol”, he had already decided to disregard her advice.
“No coffee or alcohol? Does she want me to go on a killing spree before blowing my brains out? No, for the sake of my work colleagues I’ll keep my stomach as an acid bath.”
When contacted for comment, Dr Grech said:
“He’ll probably only remember to take the tablets for a couple of days too. That’s fine – idiots like him keep me in business,” she said.
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