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/forogtten_taco]

I had surgery, I was in a full hospital provided outfit. Just socks and gown. No where was i able to accidently smuggle in my phone.

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Colonoscopies are one of the most common procedures and they do them almost like an assembly line. I had one a few months ago. In and out in under an hour. My belongings were put into a bag that was kept under the rolling bed that I was on. In the prep room there were six other people waiting to go in at all times. They took someone back every ten minutes or so. As soon as one person left, a new patient would come in.

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Hope they at least rinsed the endoscope.