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/snmgl 10h ago

Makes you wonder how many times it has happened before and how many times it is still happening.

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u/DifficultDoor1628 9h ago

A friend of mine once tried to take her own life. She was rushed to hospital and resuscitated. While she was still out of it, lying with her eyes closed, she overheard the nurses talking shit about her and calling her ugly.

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u/Professional_Dare_80 8h ago

Nurses seem to be on the extreme end of the spectrum many times. Either they are absolute angels or just some of the most awful people imaginable.

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u/JustALittleScamp 6h ago

The most insane person I know is considered an excellent nurse. He cant stay in the same town for more than a year without the mask slipping. Hospitals are desperate, so he keeps getting hired despite the concerning number of moves. Oh well.

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u/Professional_Dare_80 6h ago

Yep. My wife has a family member who are/were nurses and are certified psychopaths/sociopaths. They betray/steal from people in every job they have ever worked. They have been arrested for embezzlement from churches. The only thing that kept them out of prison was family connections.

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u/JustALittleScamp 6h ago

About a decade ago, this dude sent me a picture of an elderly patient who was passed out in a hospital bed with the caption, "Guessing game: alive or dead?" Now, I would report him in a heartbeat. At the time, I was too shocked to know how to respond.