Medical practitioners who went rogue: There is also a variant of this in the modern Hippocratic oath. It reminds doctors to: “Practice two things in your dealings with disease: either help or do not harm the patient.” Seeking relief for pain is why people visit the doctor; it shouldn’t be hard to do, right? That’s till you read about the exploits of some doctors. Calling them depraved and shocking doesn’t do some of these acts any justice.
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Rather than easing their suffering, these doctors made things worse for their patients, which often led to their deaths.
To explain their behavior, some analysts blame the high esteem society holds them, for making them lose the plot and thinking they’re God. Others blame momentary lapses in judgment due to the stressful nature of the job.
While some of their actions are pranks, like the doctors who were fired for planking in the hospital, others are more chilling. Richard Kaul is a medical doctor, who, in 2001, was convicted of manslaughter in the UK. Fleeing to New Jersey, he opened a spine surgery practice and started “treating” patients. The only problem is, he wasn’t a qualified spine surgeon; he was an anesthetist.
After practicing for a few years, former patients started to complain of excruciating pain, with some facing potential disability. 11 of them sued him for failed procedures, and were awarded different settlements.
And it’s not just doctors; nurses, pharmaceutical companies, even government health agencies are guilty of appalling behaviors towards patients.
From one doctor imitating other specialists to doctors willfully poisoning patients, this list will make you think twice about your next appointment.
10. Dr. Simon Bramhall
Organ tagging. Never heard of it? Not many people have.
In 2009, a California gynecologist, Dr. Red Alinsod, was sued for carving a name into a patient’s uterus. His defense was that he didn’t want to mix her extracted uterus with others. Since when did carving a name in inch-high letters become the best way to keep track of organs?
This bizarre practice reared its head in the UK, when a respected liver surgeon, Dr. Simon Bramhall, was accused of the same thing. Using argon gas, he carved HIS initials into living patients’ livers! Following an internal disciplinary investigation, Dr. Bramhall was suspended from his post at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
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