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Teen Laqueefa's avatar

Saw this on Spoutible

𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝐾𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑐𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦.

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I’m an RN that works a unit in a hospital

A number of people that tend red….

Demand “second opinions” for the most mundane procedure - “you’re having chest pain and your EKG is way wonky - we ought to do a cardiac cath to see what’s going on and maybe, if needed open a vessel or two in your heart”. They’re all like I WANT A SECOND OPINION. Very 1960s medical show. About all we can do is send ya home with more Lipitor. Occasionally we’ll do a theater second opinion - send another cardiologist from the same group to tell them the same thing.

The other thing that yanks my chain is the 89 year old mee-maw that has been fading to congestive heart failure for the last 10 years and when she finally passes - FAMILY DEMANDS AN AUTOPSY (like the cause of death hasn’t been obvious for the last decade - they think the coroner is going to find some magic thing they can sue the hospital about and THEN THEY WILL BE ON EASY STREET)

I blame BOTH of these scenarios on people’s medical knowledge based on fictional television shows instead of actual science.

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