r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 10h ago

MISC. A Virginia man inadvertently left his phone recording while he was under anesthesia for a colonoscopy, which captured audio of the doctors: mocking him, instructing a medical assistant to lie to him, and discussing giving him a false diagnosis of hemorrhoids. In 2015, a jury awarded him $500,000.

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 10h ago

It is very common. When doctors, nurses, and anesthesiologists get in a room together it's not much different than a college fraternity. They torment people, imo. Being highly educated doesn't automatically make them good and decent.

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u/Imheretotradenow 8h ago

It wouldn't surprise me. I was in the ER having my leg splinted after it was broken in three places. And the numnuts doing it were having a full-on conversation while I was in excruciating pain. I had to yell at them because they were hurting me so much.

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u/Azirtec 8h ago

Unfortunately that is just a lot of ER docs. You seriously get desensitized to a lot working in the ER. Very common for a trauma patient to come in, all focus, they die, and docs and staff are back to cracking jokes 30 seconds later. They don't seem to deal with the scenario in an "appropriate" way from the external viewer.

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u/Imheretotradenow 8h ago

Well, they can be desensitized all they want. But bending/squeezing my leg because they weren't paying attention is just incompetence. I didn't mind them talking until it became clear they weren't focused on their job. I think if they were lying in that bed, they'd see it the same way. They were astonished by my high pain tolerance, but I was trying to be nice until I wasn't. I still remember the nurse who came in to hold my hand. She was honestly a flashlight in the darkness. I think I reminded her of her kids.

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u/Pure-Chemistry7323 7h ago

I read that as “fleshlight” and it still made sense

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u/Pale_Boss_8940 2h ago

I mean what fo people want us to do? break down crying? It’s unfortunately just part of the job. I’ve had patients pass and then youre just on to the next thing in your to-do list

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u/Fauked 10h ago

It's very common? Are you sure?

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 9h ago

To make fun of patients who are put under? Yes, especially during colonoscopies and other procedures where naked parts are exposed. Married to a nurse for 30 years. We've written complaints.

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u/Late_Student7541 9h ago

Does your wife agree with you that this is common behavior? That tormenting patients is common?

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u/ArchieTheKatt 9h ago

I missed the part where they specified their spouses gender

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u/dearth_of_passion 8h ago

I like the how you that's what you take issue with, not the accusations of rampant abuse and slander by medical professionals with absolutely no evidence.

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 5h ago

Carefully re-read the comment you replied to.

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u/Fauked 9h ago

Nice anecdote. This doesn't make it very common.

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u/allupya333 9h ago

Guy on reddit who just heard about the topic 5 minutes ago: thats great first hand experience and all but i googled the word “anecdote” in 2011 and have never progressed beyond that

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u/shenanigans2day 9h ago

🤣 people like this chap my ass because all we need is ya know people to experience things to have proof it happens, we don’t need a 4 year 2 million dollar research study and 30 peeer reviewed article to exhibit common occurrences and common sense.

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u/Late_Student7541 9h ago

Saying something happened to you and that something is common are two very different things.

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u/Fauked 9h ago

"proof it happens" and "very common" are two completely different things. This would be common sense.

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u/allupya333 8h ago

the problem with this fallacy bs people pull is youre straight up just wrong. experience isnt anecdotal evidence. anecdotes are just bad (in structured debate settings, aka half a percent of all times people complain about it) because you cant point to one guy you knew and say theres a trend. it doesnt mean actually being experienced and seeing the trend for yourself doesnt count

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u/dearth_of_passion 7h ago

An anecdote can be proof that something happened.

It can't be proof that something happens often.

If you have a bunch of people all with anecdotes describing a similar event, then you can start to consider that it might happen often.

But one person's statement by definition can't constitute it being a common occurrence.

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u/allupya333 7h ago

in a very specific context of debate class for high schoolers yes a guy who works in healthcare saying something healthcare related is common isnt proof, in essentially every other context including reddit its actually some of the best evidence you can get

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u/Fauked 9h ago

Are you implying the word anecdote has changed meaning since 2011?

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u/TheFakeRabbit1 9h ago

Do you think acting this dense is cute or are you genuinely this stupid

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u/xtra_ashley 9h ago

holy reading comprehension

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u/Fauked 9h ago

holy meaningless comment

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u/BeatYoDickNotYoChick 9h ago

Tf you expect, a meta analysis?

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u/Fauked 8h ago

Uhh, maybe not overgeneralizing an entire profession of people that help others to that that of young college frat boys?

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u/Alert-Pack3968 9h ago

Moron alert !

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u/Sethdarkus 9h ago

As someone who has done time in the military I’m half inclined to think it’s true.

There’s a lot of “humor” that goes around in the military that is technically now a “HR” issue.

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u/nuke1200 8h ago

As someone who use to work in the OR, you'd be surprised with the amount of shit talk goes around.

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u/tfb2 3h ago

It’s a chronically online top 1% commenter stirring up outrage

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u/Fauked 2h ago

Yeah, they spend all day arguing with people online it's crazy.

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u/ApprehensiveSoup2214 5h ago

They're just glorified mechanics, and I have met more stupid ones than smart ones.

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u/vasthumiliation 4h ago

I've spent the majority of each working day in an operating room for the past 10 years, and in my experience this type of behavior, while it exists, is rare. There are occasional comments about patients' hygiene, affect, appearance, and so on (he was so nervous, she wouldn't stop talking, sometimes even he's really weird), but the degree of absolute disdain that the anesthesiologist in this case showed for her patient is uncommon.

I'll admit that, since everything I do is life-or-death, perhaps the mood in the room is more serious. I haven't spent much time in colonoscopy suites or the like, and I absolutely do believe that it's more common there. Even so, I would be surprised if it's common overall. There are plenty of awful people in medicine, but there are also many wonderful and conscientious ones as well. It's like any sample of humans.

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u/Nefriti 9h ago

torment people?

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u/tfb2 3h ago

Seriously, how does this nonsense have over 100 upvotes