As his patient lay unconscious on a surgical gurney, the Victoria, B.C., urologist whipped out his smartphone and photographed the location where he’d just attached a urinary catheter.
Then, as a “joke,” the doctor texted the image of his patient’s genitals to various friends and acquaintances.
The prank was a blatant ethical no-no, costing the specialist $20,000 in fines and a six-month suspension from medical practice last summer.
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