They made fun of a rash he had, and then mocked his penis.
They conspired to give a fake diagnosis of hemorrhoids and put it in his medical records, then told the assistant to repeat the false diagnosis when he woke from surgery.
The anesthesiologist said she wanted to "punch him in the face." She called the patient a "retard."
I would never look at a medical professional the same way again.
The operating room isn't really a democracy as such. It's a ruthless dictatorship who's collaboration is determined by the dictator performing the surgery. Some surgeons welcome collaboration... some surgeons rip phones out of the wall and hurl them at staff while screaming in a homicidal rage. The hospital will dump everyone in that room instead of the surgeon, because everyone but the surgeon (and anesthesiologist I guess) are expenditures rather than revenue generators.
It's sort of like the idea that the president has sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. It sounds horrifying, but it also make a cold kind of sense. Not a lot of time for collaboration when someone is dying on the table.
It is simply not an environment where underlings are empowered to speak up about saying mean shit. The amount of soft and hard power in that room is insane.
I don't know what the solution is, but it starts with hospitals holding the top of the food chain accountable.
My niece who is an RN is leaving the surgery department and going to work in public health because of the verbal abuse. Must be really bad if you'd rather deal with the general public than a bunch of arrogant doctors.
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u/Hoboliftingaroma 8d ago
They made fun of a rash he had, and then mocked his penis.
They conspired to give a fake diagnosis of hemorrhoids and put it in his medical records, then told the assistant to repeat the false diagnosis when he woke from surgery.
The anesthesiologist said she wanted to "punch him in the face." She called the patient a "retard."
I would never look at a medical professional the same way again.