gomer

That patient is a total GOMER. Turf him and let's get some lunch.

It was 3:00 a.m. and an elderly homeless person had just been admitted to the emergency room. … One resident seemed tired and angry and said, "I can't believe we got beeped out of bed for this gomer."

The number of problems the two groups of patients presented to physicians was comparable; however, the pattern of their hospital stays contrasted dramatically. Gomer patients remained in the hospital longer than other patients, and had more consultations for diagnosis and therapy, and posed more diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas for the physicians who cared for them.