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Oregon hospital tells grandpa he’s pregnant
MSNBC ^
| September 26, 2008
| AP
Posted on 09/26/2008 5:17:07 PM PDT by Squidpup
PORTLAND, Ore. - A patient treated for agonizing abdominal pain received this surprising news in the hospital’s paperwork: “Based on your visit today, we know you are pregnant.”
Surprising indeed for 71-year-old John Grady Pippen.
The staff at Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach gave the retired mechanic and logger the ridiculously happy news this month, along with some pain pills. Hospital administrator William McMillan says an errant keystroke caused the hospital’s computer to spit out the wrong discharge instructions for the grandfather.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: healthcare; oops
Computer error caused staff to give 71-year-old man the happy news
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:17:07 PM PDT
by
Squidpup
To: Squidpup
I sure hope his prostate hasn’t been acting up. This guy is going to need all the help he can get.
;-)
Yes, I know it was a mistake, but I couldn’t resist.
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:18:45 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(McCain, the Ipecac president... Obama the strychnine president...)
To: Squidpup
My uncle used to love me, but she died.
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:18:51 PM PDT
by
umgud
(In a crisis, dump gold, buy lead)
To: Squidpup
To: DoughtyOne; Grampa Dave
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:22:54 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Squantos
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:26:55 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(McCain, the Ipecac president... Obama the strychnine president...)
To: DoughtyOne
Daves gonna kick me good ain’t he ......LOL !
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:29:58 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Squidpup
Ah, the miracles of modern medicine.
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:30:39 PM PDT
by
Panzerlied
("We shall never surrender!")
To: Squantos
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:34:49 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(McCain, the Ipecac president... Obama the strychnine president...)
To: Squantos
10
posted on
09/26/2008 5:35:19 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(McCain, the Ipecac president... Obama the strychnine president...)
To: Squidpup
Preposterous. Everyone knows at 71 he’s far to old to get pregnant.
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:40:29 PM PDT
by
festus
(Politics makes for strange bedfellows)
To: Squidpup
Did they also give him abortion counseling?
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:42:09 PM PDT
by
OCC
To: Squidpup
uhObama’s right. Being punished with a child knows no age or gender.
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:45:21 PM PDT
by
LiberConservative
("Typical" white guy voting McCain/Palin)
To: EggsAckley
GIGO Yes; Garbage In, Gospel Out.
The computer did it, just like those nasty SUV's that keep running into things and over things.
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:48:31 PM PDT
by
Bernard
(If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember exactly what you said.)
To: Squidpup
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:52:58 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Great selection of gift baskets: http://baskettastic.com/)
To: Squidpup
I’m a woman whose doctor charged for a PSA test.
Needless to say the insurance company was not amused and refused to pay.
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:53:37 PM PDT
by
Carley
(she's all out of caribou.............)
To: Squidpup
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posted on
09/26/2008 5:56:52 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Squidpup
And I though MY hospital had my records confused (with my mother’s). Sheesh!
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posted on
09/26/2008 6:26:09 PM PDT
by
Jemian
To: Squantos
It ain’t me.
But if it was, just think of the money my lawyers and agents could make me.
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posted on
09/27/2008 7:14:02 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
( I do not want to know the type of person, who does not like Sarah !)
To: Grampa Dave
LOL.....you know me, all fun ! Thought that would make yer day !
Stay safe Dave !
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posted on
09/27/2008 7:26:31 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Squantos
Thanks for the BOL!
Great way to start a morning.
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:11:30 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
( I do not want to know the type of person, who does not like Sarah !)
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