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I read the short version online earlier today. Probably happens more than we know around the world.
My people are from Russia and I know my great-grandfather was a doctor there. I’m sure he would have stories if he were alive.
In the USA you hear of the wrong limb being removed. When my mom had her second breast cancer she needed a radical mastectomy. In bright red lipstick I wrote on her right breast REMOVE THIS ONE and on the left one wrote NOT THIS ONE. I drew arrows, too
The nurses laughed but the doctor was annoyed it caused a ten-minute cleansing. He bitched at mom and she said, “look, doc, a lot of medical errors are made each day. It’s bad enough I have cancer again, bad enough you’re cutting off my breast, but i want assurance you’re cutting off the right one. My daughter helped me be assured. If ten minutes inconvenienced you but spared me extra surgery, then reconstruction, so be it. No one said life would be easy.”
He billed us $15k instead of $12k for the surgery. Blue Cross refused to pay it all and wanted us to pay $3k. The hospital threatened court and my dad said “sue me. I’ll be sure to notify the media that you want three grand for ten minutes of insurance so my wife doesn’t suffer from your error.”
The next bill had a balance of $0!
I hope we can be updated on the husband’s legal action or settlement.
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Anti-Semites have Small Penis Syndrome. The only known treatment is electroshock therapy combined with cerebellum removal. Fortunately, it’s a tiny procedure.
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