Ethel Easter of Harris County, Texas was wary of the doctor who would be performing a hernia surgery after some harsh comments he made to her. Easter was told by her doctor she would have to wait two months before her surgery could be performed. She pleaded that she could not wait that long as she was terribly ill. The doctor responded, “Who do you think you are? You have to wait just like everybody else.” After this comment, Easter decided to secretly tape record her surgery. Easter placed a small recorder in her hair extensions before entering surgery, when she played the tape back she was shocked at what she heard.
The surgeon began to criticize her immediately after she went under stating, “She is a handful.” He continued to mimic her, saying that she would contact a lawyer and file a complaint for having to wait longer than two weeks to book her surgery; the comments were followed by laughter of other staff in the room. She heard a female voice make fun of her belly button and a male voice saying “Precious, meet Precious.”; Easter believes this is in reference to actress Gabourey Sidibe’s overweight character in the movie Precious.
Despite the lack of respect shown to her during her surgery, Easter does not plan to sue. She would like to bring awareness about what happened to her and could be happening to other people. Her takeaway — If you do not trust your physician, find a different one.
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http://nypost.com/2016/04/05/heres-what-happened-when-a-woman-secretly-recorded-her-surgery/