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/forogtten_taco 8h ago

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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u/Borg_Tech_Support 8h ago

They put my clothes, phone and glasses in a bag under the bed and rolled me on the bed into another room.

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u/forogtten_taco 8h ago

Mine was all ledt with my partner in my room. Couldn't bring anything into the steril environment

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u/OkShineOn9383 7h ago

Endoscopies and colonoscopies are not sterile procedures, because the GI tract is not considered inside the body. It’s a tube.