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Divernan

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6. Surgeons placing bets on outcomes of risky procdedures.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2015, 04:00 PM

May 2015

Some doctors and nurses are placing bets about you. Several nurses around the country confessed that hospital staffers have wagered on patients. “Guess the Blood Alcohol” is a common game, where actual money changes hands. Other staff members try to guess the injuries of a patient arriving via ambulance. And surgeons have been observed playing “games of chance” during operations, placing bets on outcomes of risky procedures.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/dont-get-sick-in-july-and-other-advice-from-from-americas-nurses-117876.html#ixzz3aQpQQ87g

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Nurse Confessions: Don’t Get Sick in July [View all] RandySF May 2015 OP

Also weekends and holidays. Scuba May 2015 #1

Between 5:45 am and 6:30 am Aerows May 2015 #18

Isn't this outdated, at least vis a vis the UK? Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #2

I'm told VA_Jill May 2015 #15

I try to never go to the doctors, but now I'll really avoid the summer. FLPanhandle May 2015 #3

I'm the same. gvstn May 2015 #4

Yep FLPanhandle May 2015 #5

And I think you're on to the right formula erronis May 2015 #9

Doctors are great for a broken arm or similar traumatic injury. gvstn May 2015 #13

I'm the same as well magical thyme May 2015 #14

Surgeons placing bets on outcomes of risky procdedures. Divernan May 2015 #6

Ah ...medical hedge funds? or medical death derivatives? L0oniX May 2015 #7

Most hedge fund traders would jump at the opportunity. Divernan May 2015 #8

Another interesting jewel... Major Nikon May 2015 #10

I know a person who died because of that. The surgeons were racing and left a sponge in him. Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #12

I've known this for years . . . n/t Ms. Toad May 2015 #11

Actually seen the "July effect" VA_Jill May 2015 #16

We were encouraged to be mean to them in Boston Warpy May 2015 #17

I had a friend who was a nurse on the cardiac care unit in a local teaching hospital LibertyLover May 2015 #19