Call the midwife- new Dr

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Is the new Dr in call the midwife stealing medicines??

Looks like it to me.

No, it was in his bag that he takes out on calls. They always have a very small amount of drugs on them for emergency.

Aw it's a really sad one. I'm watching on catch up.

I hope not!

Think he may have a drug issue. Why would he have a large bottle if pethidine in his bag.

Because that's how it used to be! It wasn't full of tablets, probably only half a dozen. Nowadays they are in blister packs, then medicine bottles were the norm. GPs receive a lot of free samples from reps, they would decant some of those into a bottle. They always have a few things in their bag.

In next week’s preview, it looked as if he was sneaking something out of a cupboard. My goodness, so emotional this week! I love CTM!

I was surprised at him handing out pethidine like aspirin. I just hope that the Sister isn’t going to end up addicted.

😕 not sure but my mum who was a midwife carried pethidine IM in the 90's I remember having to take that back to the hospital when she died along with all the other drugs and nitrous oxide.

I got the impression it will be the Nun with the issue as there was the scene where she is in the drugs cupboard with packet all over the place

Assuming that ibuprofen didn't exist in the 1960s? It seems a bit of a leap from aspirin/paracetamol to pethidine. Also think it very unlikely that a young nun would open up to a young male doctor that easily/quickly.

Ibuprofen first marked in UK in 1969. I can't remember hearing about it until much later though. I'm pretty sure we were all just taking aspirin and/or paracetamol in 60s and 70s.

*marketed

I thought the story line is leading more into the sister getting a pain killer addiction

I remember being able to buy glass bottles of paracetamol from Boots and they would have a ball of cotton wool at the top. My ed bought some B vitamin recently, and was bemused by it having cotton wool at the top!

I’ve sobbed proper ugly tears at that.

Oops wrong thread. Not sure about the new doctor...