Facebook Twitter Pinterest Off the wall: thousands of brown paper files, dating back to 1987, containing Dr Zigmond’s handwritten comments – he didn’t use computers for his notes. The atmosphere, Dr Zigmond will say later, quickly chills. The inspectors launch into issues surrounding Dr Zigmond’s noncompliance with regulations and what it may mean for his 1,700 patients. The delegation leaves and, at the end of the week, Dr Zigmond takes off for a brief holiday in France with his partner. Facebook Twitter Pinterest End of an era: ‘Ever increasing electronic traffic numbs our brains, dumbs our speech and often displaces off-screen reality,’ says Dr Zigmond in his surgery.

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2016 06:56 UTC