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Words fail. The doctors are even trying to bill him for the procedure.
by moocowduckquack 13y ago
Words fail. The doctors are even trying to bill him for the procedure.
- RexRollman 13y agoI couldn't believe that when I read it. If anything, they should be billing the police, considering they were the ones who requested the procedure.
- runevault 13y agoIn some ways that is the most staggering thing of all. They assaulted the man and did horrible things against his will, and now they're attempting to charge him money for the privilege?
- philwelch 13y agoThis reminds me of the old horror story they used to tell about China, that when they'd execute a prisoner they'd send a bill to his family for the cost of the bullet.
- nichtich 13y agoThe story is sadly true, and in some places it's the only information the family gets on when the execution is/was performed.
- hga 13y agoMaybe they're hoping for some coverage from the malpractice insurers? Not that I think that'll get very far, perhaps another lawsuit or 5 to try to force them, but if they don't bill the guy they wouldn't have a claim against them to begin with, I'd suspect.
- reeses 13y agoWhile some of the procedures may fall under malpractice (multiple enemas, surgical sedation without consent), they're definitely violations of the AMA's professional conduct and ethics oaths. In re the billing, it's probably an automatic thing from the hospital itself, rather than the physicians. Attorneys had to be falling over each other trying to get to this client.
- greenyoda 13y agoThat's guaranteed to make the jury quite a bit less sympathetic to the doctors when this case goes to trial.
- _delirium 13y agoThat's actually sort of common in the U.S.'s insane healthcare system. You are liable even for health procedures you didn't request, if they were performed on your body. This may be due to an emergency (ambulance took you to a hospital you never asked to go to), due to law-enforcement intervention, whatever. Free markets!