Doctor Left Wedding Ring Inside Patient
7:10A 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.
Transcript
176 linesHello.
Hello, I'm trying to reach a uh Mr.
Mr.
or Mrs.
please.
This is Mrs.
Hi, my name is Dr.
I'm actually trying to reach uh your husband Clarence.
Is he is he available?
I have to check.
Is that a reason you're calling?
Uh well, I'm actually the uh the surgeon that actually did the procedure on removing his gall stones.
Yes.
How's he doing?
Is there any complications thus far?
Well, no complication according to the doctor.
Okay.
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.
I i is he around?
Yes, he's around.
Oh oh May I ask what is this in reference to?
Actually, Miss actually when we actually did the procedure on your on your husband and removing the gallstones.
Yes.
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.
You know, it it'll be actually thirty minutes and he'll be in and out.
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.
You what?
Uh oh and I I understand, ma'am.
Would you say that again?
I say I actually left my wedding ring inside your husband when I actually removed the gallstones.
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.
He's not gonna like this.
Hold on, let me see.
Can I get him?
Hi.
What?
Yeah, he's on the phone and he said he left something in you.
He left something in me.
In you and he need to go back and get it.
Hello.
Hello, hello, Mr.
B Yeah.
Hi, how you doing?
This is Dr.
I actually did the surgery on you when you were um came in and got your gallstones removed.
I I remember you died.
I I will say this, Mr.
Clarence, I I actually made a bit of a mistake when you were here and and my apology.
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.
Inside of me?
Yeah y yes sir.
Your wedding ring?
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.
We but you know something doctor we got a problem.
W what what do you mean?
I mean I I'm about to go back to work.
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.
You know what I'm saying?
No Okay.
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.
Sir I I I can't I honestly can't allow for that ring to stay there another two or three days.
I I don't think you understand exactly what I'm going through.
There's no way I can allow that.
Well that you gotta go back to work.
Yeah I got to go back to work.
But you know something, I mean you know I mean you know we're talking about a bad, bad serious problem.
You know, we're talking about malpractice.
I mean you know we're talking about me taking out more time from work when I'm ready to go back.
I mean you know we're talking lawsuit, all kind of stuff here.
We need to get together.
Can you hear me doc?
He needs to come over here now.
Uh oh okay my wife's a little upset too.
Oh oh oh I mean you know I I I I can't get back on an operating table.
Sir this won't take but seconds it's actually me to snip that thing and get that ring out of there.
It won't take but a minute.
I mean you still have the same incisions there.
I can go right back into where the same scar was and take that out and keep it moving.
Go back into the same and you're gonna operate again if you cut me open.
Sir I I promise you you won't even know I was there.
I'll go in there and take that ring out just that quickly.
Okay, but but I let me ask you this here my wife my wife is about to go crazy.
I'm I'm pretty I'm a pretty good guy here.
But I mean you know you got you left a ring in me.
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.
So I'm doing this for you.
Uh yeah, pretty much here at this point.
I mean, no one actually from the hospital actually knows that I'm actually calling you.
Wow.
You know, I mean, that's a big big problem.
You said something about malpractice.
No, I didn't say anything about malpractice.
You guys actually said that.
I didn't say anything.
Now let me see.
I said it's malpractice.
Okay.
Hold on now, Doris.
Hold on.
Uh well now let me ask you this here.
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.
Well, that's that's eighteen carat gold.
That's not gonna affect you at all.
Yeah, I understand what you're saying, but good grief.
I mean, I I just I mean, I didn't even want to do the first surgery, but I didn't have any choice.
You know what, Mr.
I I'll be honest with you.
I've tried to talk to you and be patient with you.
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.
Oh, whoa, hold on now, Doc.
What I'm supposed to be doing while you doing that.
Did you hear that?
Did you hear what he said?
Yeah, just yes, come on over.
I got something for you.
Come on.
You know I'm not gonna stand for these threats, Doc.
You know, that's your problem with your ring now.
You know, up until now everything was cool.
Now you got a big problem.
I tell you this here.
I'm at home right now.
You're at home with my ring.
You got my ring.
You can come get it right now.
Yeah, it is mine.
You're waiting on.
Okay.
Now I I don't I don't have a problem coming right over there to get my ring.
Because I w I need my ring back.
Let's do it.
Come on over.
Well, I'll be waiting for you too.
You out of your mind.
We got something for you, Doc.
Hey, listen, I don't care what the both of you are doing.
The bottom line is that you have my ring.
I got your ring.
You just told me I had it, didn't you?
It's inside of me.
Where's gonna stay?
Sir, I'm not gonna continue to go back and forth with you.
You're not gonna continue to do anything 'cause you come over here, I'm gonna take you out.
You already threatened to come over here and put chloroform them, oh knocking me out to go in the side of my body.
You come over here, Doc, you got problems.
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.
You won't make it back home.
Caprando.
I understand everything you say.
I got one more thing I need to say to the both of you all.
Are you listening to me?
I'm listening.
Is Doris listening?
No, not really, because I've already tuned you out.
Well, here's the last thing I need to say to you.
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This is me, man.
Hey, nephew Tommy.
Yeah.
I still got your ring.
You got all my ring.
I'm an old man.
You're messing with my heart, talking about going back inside of my body.
All right.
Let me let me let me speak to Miss Doris.
Yes.
Miss Doris, you alright?
Yes, I'm sorry.
Hey, Miss Doris, I got one more thing to add.
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