COLONOSCOPY CLINIC SUED FOR MOCKING PATIENT DURING PROCEDURE

A Vienna, Virginia colonoscopy clinic was sued for making rude remarks to a patient during a procedure. The patient prepared for his colonoscopy by pressing record on his smartphone, to capture the instructions his doctor would give him after the procedure. But afterwards, on the way home, he pressed play and heard the surgical team mocking and insulting him him as soon as he went under.
– “After five minutes of talking to you in pre-op,” anesthesiologist Dr. Tiffany Ingham told the sedated patient, “I wanted to punch you in the face and man you up a little bit.”
– When the assistant noted that the man reported getting queasy when watching a needle placed in his arm, Dr. Ingham remarked on the recording, “Well, why are you looking then, retard?”
– When a medical assistant noted the man had a rash, Dr. Ingham warned her not to touch it, saying she might get “some syphilis on your arm or something,” then added, “It’s probably tuberculosis in the penis, so you’ll be all right.”
– The gastroenterologist who performed the colonoscopy also made some insulting remarks – “As long as it’s not Ebola, you’re okay.”
– Dr. Ingham mocked the man for attending Mary Washington College, once an all-women’s school, and wondered aloud whether he was gay.
– Dr. Ingham also wrote on the man’s chart that he had hemorrhoids, when he did not.
The patient sued the two doctors and their practice for defamation and medical malpractice and, at trial, a jury ordered the practice to pay him $500,000.
* Dr. “Zing ’em” Ingham, they call her.
* Somebody missed a great career in standup.
* I like how you hear the cash register go “Ka-ching” with each new comment.
* Just the cracks about the guy’s diseased penis are worth 500 grand.
* Speaking of cracks, how was the colonoscopy?
* Like there aren’t enough a-holes in the colonoscopy business already.
* Now it’s the doctors’ turn to bend over and assume the position.
* I do they think they should be allowed some leeway on humor. I mean who could do this job?
* You know what one doctor who does this told me? He said he chose this field because he was at the bottom of his class.
* Come to think of it, I should have sued him for THAT joke.
* The guy made 500 grand off one recording? I guess that’s why they call them smartphones.
* PHONE TOPIC: Did you ever get caught mocking a customer behind their back?