Patient’s Reflexes Documented; Perplexed Medical Student Didn’t See Examination
DENVER, COLORADO – 3rd year medical student, Samantha Mullerton, is rotating through the Memorial hospital emergency room as part of her clinical rotations. She recently called Gomerblog in regards to a developing story regarding an attending physician whom she was shadowing.
“You saw me…
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Texting While Operating Now Illegal in 5 states
Sacromento, CA – On monday California became the 5th state to ban texting while operating. This new legislation came after Dr. Kenneth Fellet texted his friends –who were partying in Mexico without him- and he mistakenly cut the aorta. After a 14 hour vascular surgery and 12 blood volumes later, …
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Medical Meth to Increase Tax, Dental Revenue
Jay, Florida – Not since legalized marijuana increased Colorado’s Revenues and Frito Lay’s profits, has a drug’s side effects so quickly boosted another profession’s revenue. Although the American Dental Association declined to comment, dentist offices across the state started c…
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Breaking: Medical Student Cuts Surgical Knot Too Short
You’re a medical student? Oh, that is waaaay too short!
Philadelphia, PA – Medical student Dan Richards was disciplined Thursday for cutting a surgical knot “Too Short” during a skin closure. “The surgeon told me to cut the knot, but not on the knot. He said to get right next to the k…
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If a medical specialty were a Game of Thrones Character
Cardiology is Theon Greyjoy
Cardiology, you poor tortured soul with a horrible life. Let’s be honest, you got yourself into this.
Psychiatry is Ned Stark
Psychiatry [Ned Stark] – Let’s Face it, most of your kind do not have a good head on their shoulders. (Please tell me …
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Big Pharma and Mega Hospitals “Scared Beyond Belief” of Tiny Las Vegas Health Clinic
Las Vegas, NV – An innovative and daring new health clinic has been recently launched in downtown Las Vegas. Inexplicably called Turntable Health and led by Dr. Zubin Damania (AKA D-list celebrity hospitalist rapper ZDoggMD), it has many local residents knocking at the door to get into the new f…
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Impoverished Village Featured in its 500th Med School Admission Essay
MKUYUNI, MWANZA REGION, TANZANIA- A rural Tanzanian village is celebrating a major milestone today: being featured in its 500th Medical School Admissions Essay.
The village, with its picturesque tin-roofed hovels and lack of piped water, reflected on the good fortune which drew so many American…
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$1.3 Billion Saved by Eliminating Common Greetings in Patient Encounters Claim Managed Care Administrators
NEWPORT, RI – Managed care administrators have calculated that if physicians eliminate common greetings towards patients in the exam room, savings could mount in the billions. Common greetings such as “How are you doing?” or “Good day to you, what is new in your life?” tends to bog physici…
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Waiting Room Questionnaires: Actually Giant Distraction
Philadelphia, PA – Doctor’s offices around the country use questionnaires and multiple intake-sheets in their offices. Sometimes filling out these forms can take upwards of 40 minutes. A typical waiting room in the US will have 10 people with clipboards filling out forms.
Please fill out your add…
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Local Man Relieved he was able to Yell at His Surgeon Just Before Going Under
Hershey, PA – Early reports are coming in that local man, Frank Demmer, chewed out his surgeon in pre-operative bay five. “I’m just happy I was able to yell at him before I went back to the operating room,” Frank said. “I told him off, he won’t forget me, that son of a [expletive].”
Frank had a v…
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