Famous patients?

[la gringa]

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so sorry almondjoy if my brief comment on a message board about a rapper bothered you so. i was merely commenting that certain rappers include their being shot at as part of their image, like 50. luda would rather comment on the proportions of a woman's derriere or the size of his latest mj purchase than how many times he's been shot. geez louise...

 

[pinbor1]

I was thinking it was 50 cent that got shot up.

If you listen to 1st album he raps about getting shot in the mouth... and spitting out the bullet... blah blah blah...


Yep, 50 cent was shot 9 times and he came to the hospital I'm at now. The hospital isn't too happy with him since he refused to pay his bill and sued him.

Jeez, now he's making a crap load of money of his gangsta rep and he's too cheap to pay back the hospital. Now only if there was a government mandate like HIPAA that would make him pay back all his bills, plus the interest

 

[leviathan]

A few weeks back, I read the nurse's note - "got dizzy in court today". I thought, "Ah - it's jailitis - incarceritis". Didn't recognize the name.

Went to see the pt, and it turns out she's a local reporter. Didn't recognize her, since I don't watch the local news.

I know you can't say who, but, anyone ever had a famous patient?

I hope I don't get flamed for saying this, and I definitely wouldn't have made a stink about it, but since the topic is up already I thought I'd just put in my $0.02. I somewhat agree with Tas. For everyone who kept things anonymous "I had an x rapper in with unidentifiable problem" that's totally cool, but mikecwru specifically identifying the lead singer of Creed is kinda iffy...I personally wouldn't care if someone mentioned my visit in a hospital (if it wasn't for something embarassing), but I know some people out there really don't want that kind of information out there and I personally respect it.

BUT BUT, if their presence was all over the news and so the fact that they were in a hospital is already known to the public, there is nothing wrong IMO with someone identifying themselves as the one who treated the pt...Nothing new is coming out, right?

Now whether I am or am not yet a PGY, I don't think that changes my ability to understand what is and isn't kosher when we're talking about patient information...Tas didn't reveal much further, but I'm sure whatever health profession he was/is in allowed him to deal with all the fun anal confidentiality scheiBe that we have to deal with nowadays.

All this being said, I happened to recently treat a certain politician for road rash + possible ICH/head injury at a local cycling race. This was not on the news and I'm not sure if he wants it publicly known that he crashed and burned so I wont indulge any further on how high up he was in government. 🙂 🙄

/end pseudo-hippie rant

 

[MedWiz]

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All this being said, I happened to recently treat a certain politician for road rash + possible ICH/head injury at a local cycling race. This was not on the news and I'm not sure if he wants it publicly known that he crashed and burned so I wont indulge any further on how high up he was in government. 🙂 🙄

...that must have been the day when that person suddenly learnt to "misunderestimate" ... ?

 

[mikecwru]

I hope I don't get flamed for saying this, and I definitely wouldn't have made a stink about it, but since the topic is up already I thought I'd just put in my $0.02. I somewhat agree with Tas. For everyone who kept things anonymous "I had an x rapper in with unidentifiable problem" that's totally cool, but mikecwru specifically identifying the lead singer of Creed is kinda iffy...I personally wouldn't care if someone mentioned my visit in a hospital (if it wasn't for something embarassing), but I know some people out there really don't want that kind of information out there and I personally respect it.

BUT BUT, if their presence was all over the news and so the fact that they were in a hospital is already known to the public, there is nothing wrong IMO with someone identifying themselves as the one who treated the pt...Nothing new is coming out, right?

Now whether I am or am not yet a PGY, I don't think that changes my ability to understand what is and isn't kosher when we're talking about patient information...Tas didn't reveal much further, but I'm sure whatever health profession he was/is in allowed him to deal with all the fun anal confidentiality scheiBe that we have to deal with nowadays.

All this being said, I happened to recently treat a certain politician for road rash + possible ICH/head injury at a local cycling race. This was not on the news and I'm not sure if he wants it publicly known that he crashed and burned so I wont indulge any further on how high up he was in government. 🙂 🙄

/end pseudo-hippie rant

You guys are tools.

I THINK this douche bag was Creed's lead singer, but I could be wrong, and it was in the news. I did not see this person as his physician. It was a friend who saw him at a hospital that neither of us are affiliated with now.

If it was Creed's singer (?I don't even know his name?), I will be happy to go to whatever McDonald's he's working at now and apologize to him. If you'd like some more identifiable information, here you go: he's a ****ty musician.

mike

 

[leviathan]

You guys are tools.

I THINK this douche bag was Creed's lead singer, but I could be wrong, and it was in the news.

As I said mike, it doesn't matter if you mention something that has already been publicized in the media, now does it? I didn't know it had been, so I'm sorry for singling you out. I was just using you as an example.