Sources at Columbia University Medical Center reported Sunday that cardiac surgeon Dr. Robert Klinge, 44, was putting off an impending coronary bypass procedure by cleaning the entire hospital. I know that guys arteries are a mess, but so are the linens in the pediatric ward, Klinge said following a morning of procrastination in which he had vacuumed the ER, taken out the hospitals recycling, and sorted multiple trays of scalpels, adjusting the implements carefully until they were lined up perfectly parallel. If I dont clean this stuff now, Ill spend the whole surgery focusing on how the floor could use mopping and the cafeteria windows need to be washed. Besides, I can always get up really early tomorrow and do the bypass then. At press time, Klinge was reportedly applying a fresh coat of paint to the hospitals loading dock and did not hear the intercom call indicating a code blue in the cardiac wing. 