There are few things that are more disturbing than to hear those words from physicians who are in the business of attending to and working with patients..."It's (referring to a live, breathing patient) not mine"
Let me get this straight. The patient needs your services, but "it's not yours?" And the it, ...that's Mrs. Bernstein. I know you are tired, so am I. I know your reimbursement won't be maximal, but who's is. But she is yours. You are a neurologist with expertise in meningitis, you are on call, and she does have meningitis.
So it, her brain and it's surrounding meningeal structures, are yours.