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/Fine-Pomegranate-920 9h ago

Being educated doesn't make you a good person. Some of the most humane and nicest people you will meet are illiterate and uneducated.

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u/LadyBugPuppy 9h ago

And also some of the most humane and nicest people you will meet are literate and educated.

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u/Brill45 8h ago

Turns out there are all sorts of people in this world. What a surprise!

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u/LadyBugPuppy 8h ago

Yeah, but there is a push against education on social media right now that’s masquerading as anti-elitism. That’s why I made my comment. Start calling it out when you see it. 

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u/Adonoxis 6h ago

This whole thread is a cesspit of anti-intellectualism and anti-physician sentiment. Yes, plenty of terrible physicians out there (my wife is a physician and I know some terrible doctors) but people acting like all doctors have god complexes is just stupid. The vast majority of doctors are PCPs and pediatricians who are vastly underpaid and overworked in the US. People are just throwing out attacks based on anecdotes.

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u/BadAtCoding123 5h ago edited 5h ago

PCPs and pediatricians who are vastly underpaid and overworked in the US

Doctors are underpaid and overworked everywhere tbh, not just the US. I'm from Sri Lanka and my parents are doctors, and they worked 80 hour weeks most of their professional lives for about the same pay as an engineer or accountant working 40-50 hours a week. 

And yes a lot of doctors are assholes and miss things. Most people will not be at their best when they haven't had a full night of sleep in 15 years tbh.  The only way to change things is to have more doctors everywhere in the world, and have them paid the same or more as they are right now but work a lot less hours. 

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u/Adonoxis 3h ago

I'm in the US so I have no idea about other countries. I would never assume elsewhere.

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u/cruiser616 8h ago

Maybe that’s what people are experiencing

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u/preferred-til-newops 7h ago

There's a push against useless education, there's so many degrees available that will leave the graduates with no job placement. There's also a push for more education in the trades and the medical field. Source I have 3 teenagers in highschool or starting college. Boys are currently being encouraged to get into the trades and girls are being pushed towards the medical field.

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u/ConcentrateNo2929 8h ago

You're seeing "pushes" where there aren't any, likely stemming from your own insecurities. Your comment above was simply unnecessary.

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u/LadyBugPuppy 8h ago

It’s Reddit. It’s full of unnecessary comments.

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u/Acceptable-Ad6214 8h ago

like this one

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u/Aggressive_Collar135 8h ago

* looks outside window * HOLY SHIT!