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/ryonnsan 10h ago

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

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u/hipkat13 6h ago

I know this maybe a dumb question and irrelevant, but you typically have to remove all your clothes and they put you in a surgical gown before colonoscopies. Where was his phone during all of this?

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u/zorbina 5h ago

Sometimes you put all your stuff in a bag, and the bag is placed underneath the bed, so it's always with you.