r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 11h 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/ryonnsan 11h ago

and because of this, no phone is allowed in the room during surgery. nice

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u/Fectiver_Undercroft 8h ago

I had one this week and they said I could bring mine.

They also said they would watch me turn it off before proceeding. But yeah, I was cool with that anyway.

I didn’t even have enough time to launch Candy Crush, but I guess some people can’t go without unless they’re under the gas.