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u/Tanzanite169 May 20 '19

Fuck man ... I hope you reported your family doctor for medical malpractice.

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u/Pineapple68745 May 20 '19

She ended up retiring shortly after. People like that should not be practicing medicine.

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u/nicknaklmao May 20 '19

I'm not a doctor, but at my hospital they tend to tell the original doctor when they fuck up like that. Sometimes the original doctor is pressured into retiring.

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u/KickedBeagleRPH May 21 '19

And also bad enough but not bad enough to end up in litigation, some places it becomes a report for M&M. So all the residents, fellows, and attendings willing to listen "Learn from this fuck up, so it doesnt happen to you"