She said she believed the comment referred to the main character in a 2009 movie.
"She was an obese African-American woman who was raped by her father. ... I was distraught," she said.
Precious ?!
Posted on 04/07/2016 1:49:29 PM PDT by Gamecock
A Texas woman says she remains "distraught" by comments she secretly recorded hospital staff making about her attitude as well as her weight as they worked on her unconscious body during a 2015 operation.
"I can't even express how I feel," Ethel Easter told ABC News today.
"He started abruptly yelling at me, saying, 'Who do you think you are?'" Easter said.
Easter said she started crying and was later informed by a different doctor during another visit that the surgeon had left "bad notes" in her file. Easter said at that point, a "red flag" went up. She said she didn't want to cancel or reschedule the surgery for later, though.
"That's when I decided to record it," Easter said. "I just decided to hide [the audio-recording device] in my hair."
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**Easter said she started crying and was later informed by a different doctor during another visit that the surgeon had left “bad notes” in her file.**
Well I wonder why she didn’t get a hold of it and change what she didn’t like?
Was the surgery successful, or not?
The arrogance of the medical crowd is increasing. If you say anything they flag you as as cooperative.
I believe it was.
Elaine Bennes
Then that should be that.
Everyone enjoy their increasing medical costs/insurance premiums once million-dollar payouts for hurt feelings based on secret recordings become the norm.
She hid a recorder in her hair?
Yeah, the OR staff had no call to insult her and stuff. But they did have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Let “Precious” sue. I’d award her $0.01.
Ditto!
At one point during surgery, a nurse’s voice said ‘Have you seen her Bellybutton?”, the question was followed by loud laughter. No photos were provided of her “funny-button”.
Looking at her picture, I don't know if Precious is fair. Maybe Esther Rolle, but not Precious.
Wouldn't matter, unfortunately. Tejas is a "one party consent" state - so long as one party knows the recording is taking place, no consent is needed on the part of the 2nd party.
She said she believed the comment referred to the main character in a 2009 movie.
"She was an obese African-American woman who was raped by her father. ... I was distraught," she said.
Precious ?!
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Let's see. Ungrounded electric device in OR setting. Anesthetic gases. Oxygen. Spark. BOOM!
What you say is true. But think outside the box for a minute.
Is it possible that “Precious” was using her protected status as a bully pulpit to harass and abuse the medical staff? Demanding and belligerent?
Then she’d look like Michael Jackson.
I’m with you. The patient’s dignity should be respected no matter what. It’s scary enough to go under anesthesia, etc. without worrying about them making fun of you while you’re helpless and vulnerable.
I don’t know what “damages” there are since she seems fine medically, but the staff was obnoxious. I wouldn’t want my life in their hands.
Sadly, there are too many jackholes and perverts in the medical field as any field, however, medical should have much higher standards.
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