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hamsterjill

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7. The patient should have been consulted prior to any observation.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 11:22 PM

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If Cleveland Clinic did this without the patient's knowledge and permission, I hope they get sued. Any doctor performing that delicate of a procedure does not need to be distracted by anything, much less a photo op.

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He should not have been near a patient care area. Period. Raven123 Thursday #1

Exactly... agingdem Thursday #3

+1 dalton99a Yesterday #10

Patel went snorkeling at the USS Arizona site, so RFK Jr. had to play with surgical instruments during heart surgery. sop Thursday #2

He did however hi-five it. Which of course broke it. Buddyzbuddy Thursday #4

Or a side five.... reACTIONary Yesterday #9

It all turned out OK. He simply collected the patient's penis and then left. Midnight Writer Thursday #5

They should have let him do this... jmowreader Thursday #6

The patient should have been consulted prior to any observation. hamsterjill Thursday #7

HIPAA violation? purr-rat beauty 20 hrs ago #13

Good question. I don't know the answer. hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #14

BEING IN THE ROOM IS FUBAR ENOUGH FOR ME Skittles Thursday #8

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Yesterday #11

And . . . . WTF do you THINK the hospital was going to say? no_hypocrisy Yesterday #12

RFK Jr....... Bengus81 19 hrs ago #16

Pithy and precise no_hypocrisy 19 hrs ago #17

He was there checking for the crime of jello squares being given to the patient Bengus81 19 hrs ago #15