Doctor Left Wedding Ring Inside Patient

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A doctor calls a patient to confess he accidentally left his wedding ring inside him during gallstone surgery and asks him to come back to have it removed. The patient refuses, threatens a lawsuit, and the doctor threatens to use chloroform.

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Speaker 1

Hello.

Speaker 2

Hello, I'm trying to reach a uh Mr.

Speaker 2

Mr.

Speaker 2

or Mrs.

please.

Speaker 1

This is Mrs.

Speaker 2

Hi, my name is Dr.

Speaker 2

I'm actually trying to reach uh your husband Clarence.

Speaker 2

Is he is he available?

Speaker 1

I have to check.

Speaker 1

Is that a reason you're calling?

Speaker 2

Uh well, I'm actually the uh the surgeon that actually did the procedure on removing his gall stones.

Speaker 1

Yes.

Speaker 2

How's he doing?

Speaker 2

Is there any complications thus far?

Speaker 1

Well, no complication according to the doctor.

Speaker 2

Okay.

Speaker 2

Well listen, uh there's a couple little bit of things I want to discuss with you guys and and see if we can maybe get 'em rectified.

Speaker 2

I i is he around?

Speaker 1

Yes, he's around.

Speaker 1

Oh oh May I ask what is this in reference to?

Speaker 2

Actually, Miss actually when we actually did the procedure on your on your husband and removing the gallstones.

Speaker 1

Yes.

Speaker 2

I will say that there was a bit of a mistake made and I'm hoping that he can come back in so we can kind of get it rectified.

Speaker 2

You know, it it'll be actually thirty minutes and he'll be in and out.

Speaker 2

But actually when I removed the gall stones, uh, and I I'm very embarrassed to say this, I actually left my wedding ring inside your husband.

Speaker 1

You what?

Speaker 2

Uh oh and I I understand, ma'am.

Speaker 1

Would you say that again?

Speaker 2

I say I actually left my wedding ring inside your husband when I actually removed the gallstones.

Speaker 2

And I'm hoping that he'll go come back in so I can actually take it out and and and he'll be on his way.

Speaker 1

He's not gonna like this.

Speaker 1

Hold on, let me see.

Speaker 1

Can I get him?

Hi.

What?

Speaker 1

Yeah, he's on the phone and he said he left something in you.

He left something in me.

Speaker 1

In you and he need to go back and get it.

Hello.

Speaker 2

Hello, hello, Mr.

Speaker 1

B Yeah.

Speaker 2

Hi, how you doing?

Speaker 2

This is Dr.

Speaker 2

I actually did the surgery on you when you were um came in and got your gallstones removed.

Speaker 1

I I remember you died.

Speaker 2

I I will say this, Mr.

Speaker 2

Clarence, I I actually made a bit of a mistake when you were here and and my apology.

Speaker 2

I if I can actually get you to come back in, man, I I can get you taken care of but uh and this is just a big mistake on my part but when you guys came in and I removed your stones I actually left my wedding ring inside.

Speaker 1

Inside of me?

Speaker 2

Yeah y yes sir.

Speaker 1

Your wedding ring?

Speaker 2

Sir I I I know this is crazy, but yes I I I have truly made a mistake and wanted to see if I can get this thing rectified and get this thing taken out and and I tell you man I've I've been without my ring and and my wife is is raising holy hell about it.

Yeah.

Speaker 2

We but you know something doctor we got a problem.

Speaker 2

W what what do you mean?

Speaker 2

I mean I I'm about to go back to work.

Speaker 2

I I really can't be going back into the uh operating room for somebody to take a ring out of me that they left that they left by mistake.

Speaker 2

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker 2

No Okay.

Speaker 2

I mean you know uh I realize your wife might be upset and you need your ring but at this point that ring's gonna have to stay where it is for a while.

Speaker 2

Sir I I I can't I honestly can't allow for that ring to stay there another two or three days.

Speaker 2

I I don't think you understand exactly what I'm going through.

Speaker 2

There's no way I can allow that.

Speaker 1

Well that you gotta go back to work.

Speaker 2

Yeah I got to go back to work.

Speaker 2

But you know something, I mean you know I mean you know we're talking about a bad, bad serious problem.

Speaker 2

You know, we're talking about malpractice.

Speaker 2

I mean you know we're talking about me taking out more time from work when I'm ready to go back.

Speaker 3

I mean you know we're talking lawsuit, all kind of stuff here.

Speaker 3

We need to get together.

Speaker 3

Can you hear me doc?

Speaker 1

He needs to come over here now.

Speaker 3

Uh oh okay my wife's a little upset too.

Speaker 3

Oh oh oh I mean you know I I I I can't get back on an operating table.

Speaker 2

Sir this won't take but seconds it's actually me to snip that thing and get that ring out of there.

Speaker 2

It won't take but a minute.

Speaker 2

I mean you still have the same incisions there.

Speaker 2

I can go right back into where the same scar was and take that out and keep it moving.

Speaker 3

Go back into the same and you're gonna operate again if you cut me open.

Speaker 2

Sir I I promise you you won't even know I was there.

Speaker 2

I'll go in there and take that ring out just that quickly.

Speaker 3

Okay, but but I let me ask you this here my wife my wife is about to go crazy.

Speaker 3

I'm I'm pretty I'm a pretty good guy here.

Speaker 3

But I mean you know you got you left a ring in me.

Speaker 2

I mean you know do you I have malpractice insurance or something we have plenty of insurance, you know It's it's really more about what I'm going through at home.

Speaker 3

So I'm doing this for you.

Speaker 2

Uh yeah, pretty much here at this point.

Speaker 2

I mean, no one actually from the hospital actually knows that I'm actually calling you.

Speaker 3

Wow.

Speaker 3

You know, I mean, that's a big big problem.

Speaker 3

You said something about malpractice.

Speaker 2

No, I didn't say anything about malpractice.

Speaker 2

You guys actually said that.

Speaker 2

I didn't say anything.

Speaker 1

Now let me see.

Speaker 1

I said it's malpractice.

Speaker 3

Okay.

Speaker 3

Hold on now, Doris.

Hold on.

Speaker 3

Uh well now let me ask you this here.

Speaker 3

Every time I've heard of somebody leaving something inside of somebody, you know, it usually ended up being a situation where it sets up infections or stuff.

Speaker 2

Well, that's that's eighteen carat gold.

Speaker 2

That's not gonna affect you at all.

Speaker 3

Yeah, I understand what you're saying, but good grief.

Speaker 3

I mean, I I just I mean, I didn't even want to do the first surgery, but I didn't have any choice.

Speaker 2

You know what, Mr.

Speaker 2

I I'll be honest with you.

Speaker 2

I've tried to talk to you and be patient with you.

Speaker 2

If I gotta come over and put some chloroform up against your nose and knock you out in order to perform this procedure to get my ring, then damn it, that's what I gotta do.

Speaker 3

Oh, whoa, hold on now, Doc.

Speaker 3

What I'm supposed to be doing while you doing that.

Speaker 3

Did you hear that?

Speaker 3

Did you hear what he said?

Speaker 1

Yeah, just yes, come on over.

Speaker 1

I got something for you.

Speaker 1

Come on.

Speaker 3

You know I'm not gonna stand for these threats, Doc.

Speaker 3

You know, that's your problem with your ring now.

Speaker 3

You know, up until now everything was cool.

Speaker 3

Now you got a big problem.

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I tell you this here.

Speaker 3

I'm at home right now.

Speaker 2

You're at home with my ring.

Speaker 2

You got my ring.

Speaker 3

You can come get it right now.

Speaker 1

Yeah, it is mine.

Speaker 3

You're waiting on.

Speaker 2

Okay.

Speaker 2

Now I I don't I don't have a problem coming right over there to get my ring.

Speaker 2

Because I w I need my ring back.

Speaker 3

Let's do it.

Speaker 3

Come on over.

Speaker 1

Well, I'll be waiting for you too.

Speaker 1

You out of your mind.

Speaker 3

We got something for you, Doc.

Speaker 2

Hey, listen, I don't care what the both of you are doing.

Speaker 2

The bottom line is that you have my ring.

Speaker 3

I got your ring.

Speaker 3

You just told me I had it, didn't you?

Speaker 3

It's inside of me.

Speaker 3

Where's gonna stay?

Speaker 2

Sir, I'm not gonna continue to go back and forth with you.

Speaker 3

You're not gonna continue to do anything 'cause you come over here, I'm gonna take you out.

Speaker 3

You already threatened to come over here and put chloroform them, oh knocking me out to go in the side of my body.

Speaker 3

You come over here, Doc, you got problems.

Speaker 2

Now tell you what, I don't want Any problems out of your wife or out of you about the procedure that's only gonna take 30 minutes and everybody'll be happy after that.

Speaker 1

You won't make it back home.

Speaker 1

Caprando.

Speaker 2

I understand everything you say.

Speaker 2

I got one more thing I need to say to the both of you all.

Speaker 2

Are you listening to me?

Speaker 3

I'm listening.

Speaker 2

Is Doris listening?

Speaker 1

No, not really, because I've already tuned you out.

Speaker 2

Well, here's the last thing I need to say to you.

Speaker 2

This is nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

Speaker 2

Y'all just got pranked by y'all niece Peaches.

Speaker 3

I'll be there.

Speaker 3

Nephew Tommy.

Speaker 3

Nephew Tommy, is that you?

Speaker 2

This is me, man.

Speaker 3

Hey, nephew Tommy.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker 3

I still got your ring.

Speaker 2

You got all my ring.

I'm an old man.

Speaker 3

You're messing with my heart, talking about going back inside of my body.

Speaker 2

All right.

Speaker 2

Let me let me let me speak to Miss Doris.

Yes.

Speaker 2

Miss Doris, you alright?

Speaker 1

Yes, I'm sorry.

Speaker 2

Hey, Miss Doris, I got one more thing to add.

Speaker 2

What is the baddest radio show in the land?

Speaker 1

The Steve Harvey Morning Show.