I really like the doctor career. I find it challenging to figure out what disease the patient has, because the tests don't always narrow it down to less than two or three and I have to watch the patient's idle animations to figure it out. I feel like it has the kind of complexity and challenge people have been asking for lately.
I'm willing to accept that not everyone shares that opinion! :D
That said, yes, I'm often annoyed by popups about "SO AND SO LEFT BECAUSE THEY WAITED TOO LONG!" Well, I'm the chief of staff and there's a front desk (I do like the check-in station idea!), so unless I run out of patients I'm going to fulfill my work objectives and diagnose patients, not show patients to beds. But generally, yes, I don't let the game rush me with dumb popups about how the front desk isn't checking people in, and instead do my actual job.
I'd also like to see the hospital get more use, though. Whenever my Sims arrive to have babies there's a long line to check in, and the sickness system is pretty much a joke on the non-doctor side. No matter what the ailment is, they just need to buy medicine off the Internet (even if they're a toddler) and take it. One drug fits all! (Also T-Pose baby delivery glitch.)
Also, I play rotationally and would love it if my babies in other households were delivered by my doctor instead of an NPC, or if the patient I treated for an illness and misdiagnosed (oops!) was actually sick and needed to go back when I rotated into his house, rather than chillin' in the back yard in a hospital gown grilling burgers when I popped in. I mean, his diagnosis was down to two options, one requiring surgery, and I diagnosed him with the other so technically he should still need surgery... but the sickness system just isn't that deep, alas. Sadly, playing rotationally... if you think about it you realize that no one is really sick and instead your other households are all puppets to fill your doctor's day... but let's not think too hard about that because it spoils the fun. 😉
