Former clinic employee as a patient?

Weird scenario -- Got a request to take on opioid patient for a previous health care provider within my clinic who left before I arrived. All other providers worked with them previously, so none of them feel comfortable managing it. Pt is on an unusual regimen and has had issues with doctor shopping in the past. They have social relationships with many other members of my staff. My gut feeling is not to, as there's optics of conflict of interest even if I never worked with pt before. I'd... Former clinic employee as a patient?
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