The sign revealed the doctor has been banned from working with a new female nurse. Photo / Getty Images
The sign revealed the doctor has been banned from working with a new female nurse. Photo / Getty Images
A bizarre note posted in a medical centre window has caused outrage after it claimed a doctor no longer worked there — because his "jealous" wife wouldn't let him work alongside a female nurse.
The Illinois medical clinic sticky taped a notice to the glass that said the doctor quitbecause "his wife would not allow him to work with a newly hired 'female' nurse".
Horrified patient Susan Rolens shared the unusual sign on Facebook, describing it as "the most unprofessional thing" she'd ever seen.
"I went to see my doctor, Dr Lupardus a few minutes ago to find this sign. I told the receptionist that this was the most unprofessional thing I've ever seen and asked who did this," she wrote.
"The next thing I know, they are telling me I can't see my doctors back up," she continued, adding she was allegedly instructed to "leave".
"I don't see why there are so many comments on how this is so unprofessional on the staff's part," one user wrote. "What about the doctor who refuses to work with another care giver because of her gender?
"Why would the wife be jealous of the nurse but not the other females in the office," another noted.