&gt; You would seem to find it reasonable to reschedule her yet again<p>No, I find it unreasonable that not everyone knew the schedule beforehand, or that someone who knew about it didn&#x27;t raise it as a problem. This should never happen right before the operation. At that point it&#x27;s too late and it&#x27;s on everyone to deal with the situation at hand. What I&#x27;m pointing out that if the plan was a surprise then it&#x27;s completely understandable that someone says no.<p>As for solutions, it depends on a hospital, location, patient&#x27;s state, available team, etc. Lots of possibilities. (BTW, anyone shouting at anyone else is not even close to a solution)