[muir_redwoods]

Imagine if surgeons worked like this. They would pick a random hospital visitor and do a bypass or a hysterectomy. What kind of excuse would work?

That’s what you get if you arm a paramilitary group and tell them they are in a war on drugs.

[Sir Clancelot]

There is a major national effort to end “wrong site surgery” either the wrong side is operated on, or the wrong level (of a spinal surgical procedure) . Hospitals are threatened with losing Medicare payments, etc, etc.

Perhaps we need a national initiative for “wrong address SWAT searches”.

BTW, how hard is it to check an address before you kick the door down?

[TChad]

Imagine if surgeons worked like this. They would pick a random hospital visitor and do a bypass or a hysterectomy. What kind of excuse would work?

After Obamacare's full implementation, this might work: "You can't hold me responsible! I work for the government!"

[Upstate NY Guy]

Imagine if surgeons worked like this. They would pick a random hospital visitor and do a bypass or a hysterectomy. What kind of excuse would work?

Good point. And can you imagine going into surgery and the surgeon says: "Relax. I only remember performing the wrong operation on somebody four times in the last 16 years. So just stay calm. I'll probably get it right."