Attending on home call is occasionally inebriated

I apologize in advance for the repetetive language. I am trying to keep things as anonymous as possible by avoiding pronouns. My spouse is a nephrology fellow, at a program where both the attendings and fellows take call from home, and if someone needs to come into the hospital, it will be the fellow. If there really is a need, then the attending will come in as well. Recently, spouse was on call and had to consult a particular attending over the phone. The attending sounded drunk.... Attending on home call is occasionally inebriated
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