Woman Sues Hospital After Anesthesiologist Draws Mustache On Her Face What would you do if you woke up from surgery only to be showed a photo of yourself while sedated with a mustache drawn on your face? This California woman didn’t find it funny at the time, but she just might end up laughing all the way to the bank. via Gawker A former patient of Southern California’s Torrance Memorial Medical Center is suing the hospital after an anesthesiologist took advantage of her unconscious state to draw a black mustache and yellow teardrops on her face. Veronica Valdez, 36, went in for minor surgery in October 2011 confident in the professionalism of the hospital’s staff, having worked there as an administrator for the previous 13 years. But her feelings toward the medical team changed soon after the operation, when she was shown a photo snapped during her procedure showing her lying on the operating table with a fake mustache and teardrops affixed to her face. Patient Sues Doctor for Drawing Mustache on Her Face During Surgery The prank was apparently the brainchild of Dr. Patrick Yang, her anesthesiologist. “I thought she would think this is funny and she would appreciate it,” Yang said in a deposition during the ensuing investigation. The photo itself was snapped by Patricia Gomez, one of the nurse’s aides assisting in the surgery. SMH. That anesthesiologist knows he was all types of wrong… Shutterstock
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Doctor Doodle: Woman Sues Hospital After Anesthesiologist Draws Mustache On Her Face While She Was Sedated Before Surgery [Photo]
