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Woman Awakens From Surgery to Find Panty-Line Tattoo
Fox News ^
| 07.16.2008
| Fox News
Posted on 07/16/2008 12:26:54 PM PDT by Coffee200am
A New Jersey woman has sued her orthopedic surgeon after awakening from surgery to find a temporary tattoo below her panty line.
Elizabeth Mateo, of Camden County, N.J., filed her lawsuit Tuesday saying she found "a temporary tattoo of a red rose" below her panty line the morning after her surgery for a herniated disc, her attorney, Gregg A. Shivers, told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"She was extremely emotionally upset by it," Shivers told the paper.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: healthcare; lawsuit; malpractice; surgery; tattoo
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To: thefactor
it is the implication....
To: PugetSoundSoldier
I know Im violated by my dental hygienist each and every weekly visit...Because they charge you extra?
To: DoughtyOne
Some spinal surgeries require going through the front so your premise is flawed from beginning to end.
83
posted on
07/16/2008 1:27:28 PM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Catch the Korean Wave, one Bae Yong Joon film at a time!)
To: DoughtyOne
I just clicked on the link and I did not see that.
To: DJ MacWoW
I had surgery just last week for a ruptured disc, and I when I got home the next day, I saw a large black “X” on my left butt. I took it to be a sign that that was the side that was causing me problems....which it was.
85
posted on
07/16/2008 1:28:15 PM PDT
by
Auntie Toots
(The GOP is dead)
To: L98Fiero
You are rude, and your rhetoric stinks.
86
posted on
07/16/2008 1:28:36 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Guns don't kill people, criminals and the governments that create them do.)
To: L98Fiero
the sue-happy, Im gone git me wunna dem settlement check FReepers Excuse me? How does informing what will happen at a trial engender this abusive moniker upon me?
87
posted on
07/16/2008 1:29:59 PM PDT
by
frithguild
(I hope for change when I give cash to the Man - but all I ever get is nickels and dimes.)
To: Coffee200am
Better a rose than a cat.....
88
posted on
07/16/2008 1:32:35 PM PDT
by
Slicksadick
(Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
To: TheWasteLand
That's point I think.
The OR staff poke fun at the unwitting patient and say all kinds of awful, nasty things. You can't chalk it up to gallows humor either.
89
posted on
07/16/2008 1:34:38 PM PDT
by
Scarpetta
(e pluribus victim)
To: Coffee200am
You can bet your life he does things to those who are “under” that are wrong, my guess is a perv
90
posted on
07/16/2008 1:34:47 PM PDT
by
Scythian
To: thefactor
“Sexism” I’m guessing ... a “come on”.
When I have plastic surgery my surgeon sends me a huge bouquet of flowers delivered to my door with a note about how georgeous I am. But even I am aware who is paying for the compliment. :)
I’d rather have flowers than a tattoo.
To: Auntie Toots
How are you doing? Was the surgery successful?
when I got home the next day, I saw a large black X on my left butt.
Would you rather have had a rose? :)
92
posted on
07/16/2008 1:35:21 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
To: rodeo-mamma
I once knew someone who sounds just like your description. Others who knew her used to joke that she had her lawyer’s number on speed-dial.
93
posted on
07/16/2008 1:38:39 PM PDT
by
kalee
To: BunnySlippers
do you have any “after” pics of your work? purely for research porposes, of course.
94
posted on
07/16/2008 1:39:27 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(the innocent shall not suffer nor the guilty go free...)
To: frithguild
Yep. (Thanks for the Model Jury Charge.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick; Tamar1973
You didn't see the comment at Fox, but it was available if you had used the link to the Philadelphia Inquirer at the Fox site.
In the full article it states (last three paragraphs):
Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University who was read a summary of the lawsuit, speculated about why a surgeon who had performed an operation on the back would leave a red rose on his patient's belly. (I don't know many women who think of their belly as the three or four inches above thier pubic bone.)
"It is not part of the doctor-patient relationship in that case," said Farley, a former president of the American Psychological Association who studies risk-taking personalities and behavior.
"Unless you think you are Georgia O'Keeffe and you think people's bodies are your canvas," he said, "why would you take that risk?"
About mid article this is also provided:
Nevertheless, said Art Caplan, chairman of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine's Department of Medical Ethics, "you cannot do something like this even as a joke."
"If it's true," said Caplan, whose knowledge of the case was limited to a reporter's summary, "she's got a case."
Folks who haven't worked in healthcare don't realize that not even physicians are permitted to touch an individual in places that are not associated with the task at hand.
The tattoo's status as temporary or not, is not germane. This guy wasn't allowed to touch this patient where he did. It's was a clear violation of patient rights.
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posted on
07/16/2008 1:41:07 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Annapolis, flight school, Congress, Senate, MIAs, Keating 5, Soros, Kerry... tried & found wanting!)
To: ImpBill
Yup! She thinks she’s won her lottery!
97
posted on
07/16/2008 1:43:39 PM PDT
by
bannie
To: PBRSTREETGANG
To: DoughtyOne
A psychologist read a summary of a lawsuit...it does not say if the incision was made on the stomach or on the back.
I think she is over-reacting...if it was a nice drawing, i may have tattooed over it for real.
To: thefactor
No, but I can tell you I’ve had three procedures [all above the shoulders and I am thrilled]. The first one literally changed my life.
People who say “don’t do it, you’re already beautiful” are trying hard to be nice. Do it for one person only: Yourself.
I’d be glad to help you but the best advise I can give is find the right doctor. See a lot of them and don’t go to anyone who makes you feel uncomfortable or pushes. Make sure they are credentialed and check up on them.
Eventually, I’ll have a brow lift and a little more :)
Freepmail if you want.
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