Laughter not best medicine
By reddevil4u
@reddevil4u (39)
Philippines
April 20, 2008 6:34am CST
Manila, Philippines - its probably seemed like fun at the time. In surgery to remove a spray can from a patient's rectum, the docs and nurse were yukking it up. the laugh riot was videotaped, and a nursing student observing the procedure was so impressed with their work that she posted the video on you tube. Now the joke's on them, were the rowdy giggle-fest operation took place Jan. 3, recommended penalties ranging from reprimands to dismissals for violating ethical standards. The patient went into surgery three days after a New year's drinking spree and a "one-night stand" with a male partner, but claimed to be too drunk to remem ber how the body spray canister was misplaced.
3 responses
@CheshireKat (564)
• United States
21 Apr 08
As long as they did a good job with the surgery, I don't see why them being amused is a bad thing. I mean, if he did something dumb like that (even if he was drunk) then he deserves the consequences. Doctors and nurses are people, too, and if they thought the situation was funny, why should they be expected to not laugh? The patient was under anesthesia so he wasn't awake to feel humiliated, so there shouldn't be any harm done.
If anything, the medical student who taped it should be enduring some sort of penalties. Isn't posting a surgery on Youtube, especially one of that nature, a huge invasion of privacy/patient-doctor privilege?
@javaleira (372)
• Portugal
20 Apr 08
laughter can be efective to put ou to sleep in 10 miutes but in the other hand it is bad for your health...
in my opinion people should onli take them when realy nessesari for example : i have a meeting tomorrow at my boss office at 6 a clock it is already mid-night and i cant go to sleep... but anyway you can take them when necessary..i would vote yes if ppl say --- stop the sell of laughter or not
