Posted on 01/26/2022 11:34:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
A French surgeon is facing legal action and condemnation after auctioning an X-ray of a gunshot wound from a victim of the 2015 massacre at the Bataclan theater in Paris where 90 people were killed.
The surgeon promoted the sale of the X-ray in the form of a non-fungible token on the marketplace called OpenSea. The surgeon has been identified as Emmanuel Masmejean, an orthopedic surgeon at the European Hospital Georges Pompidou in southwest Paris.
Martin Hirsch, who manages Paris' public hospitals, called the incident "disgraceful," in a tweet in French, as translated by Insider, saying, "This act is contrary to sound professional practice, puts medical secrecy in danger, and goes against the values of AP-HP (Paris hospitals) and public service."
Masmejean is facing a criminal and professional complaint after the NFT post. As part of the description included with the post, he wrote:
"Among the patients, I did personally operate on five women, including this case. This young patient, who lost her boyfriend in this attack, had an open fracture of the left forearm with a remaining Kalashnikov bullet in the soft tissue."
Twenty men linked to the coordinated terrorist attacks in France that killed 130 and left 368 others injured went on trial in September. The proceedings are ongoing.
Aside from the incident at the theater, the 2015 terror attacks in France on a Friday evening included gunfire and explosions killing and wounding dozens more elsewhere.
Sick. I hope the surgeon ends up in prison.
In the US X-Rays belong to the hospital/Doctor...
In the 80’s I had a rather bad leg break and asked if I could borrow an X-Ray to make a copy.
I was allowed to borrow it for three days. I never returned it and was harassed by the hospital for months until I moved (temporarily) out of state.
I still have it and don’t feel too bad about it at all. I had no insurance and paid for all the associated costs out of pocket — it took six years but It was all repaid and I figure the X-ray is mine...
What this Doctor did is unconscionable.
Well nowadays all the images are electronic. Even if you download the image, it’s still on a server that the physician can access.
“Well nowadays all the images are electronic. Even if you download the image, it’s still on a server that the physician can access.”
Fair enough. He DID break HIPPA laws.
HIPAA was first enacted in 1996. If you broke your leg in the 1980’s, there was no HIPAA law to violate.
I’m aware
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