Why doctors can't disqualify themselves when handling patients

A judge of the Industrial Court had been rushed into the emergency room from the court where she was presiding over an employee dispute between the doctors union and the Health ministry. From the brief history, I gathered that she was well, then around 10a.m. she complained of a sharp pain in the lower abdomen before leaving the courtroom for the washroom where she collapsed.

She was rushed to a city hospital. I happened to have been passing by the accident and emergency section when one of my young colleagues asked me to quickly review a middle aged woman who had collapsed with a likely gynaecological issue. The patient had four intravenous fluid lines and was on oxygen. Her pulse was very weak.