Worst Surgery Ever: Man Sues Hospital For Implanting GPS
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He took a few too many pain killers, it would seem.
But if it's true, I don't know why he's complaining. From the sound of it he just got a free GPS.
But if it's true, I don't know why he's complaining. From the sound of it he just got a free GPS.
Uhh...
I'm just trying to figure out how a tonsil/sinus surgery somehow got to his armpit. With a GPS transmitter, no less.
I mean, if this is true, this is pretty immoral and I'm pretty sure the hospital's gonna have to cough up something, but at the same time, this guy clearly sounds like he's lacking a major organ up in his skull. You know, the one that processes thought.
I'm just trying to figure out how a tonsil/sinus surgery somehow got to his armpit. With a GPS transmitter, no less.
I mean, if this is true, this is pretty immoral and I'm pretty sure the hospital's gonna have to cough up something, but at the same time, this guy clearly sounds like he's lacking a major organ up in his skull. You know, the one that processes thought.
Where does it say in the article that they actually found it? cos I'm not seeing it. I know he seems to think he has one and I find it very sad that people on this forum actually believe that an ENT surgeon would or could implant a GPS in a public operation with staff assisting and could sew it up without a trace.(Oh wait it turns out they were incompetent too and didn't close up the wound properly nor dress it) never mind the fact of where they got the magical extra small extra long life battery and why the hell anyone would want to follow this guy. It's utter horse shit and it's kinda sick that 3 websites are holding this story cos it has a catchy title even thought the victim obviously has mental health problems. I mean come on! there are no pictures and zero evidence submitted. Sorry if I'm spoiling the fun here but I hate these articles being passed off as news when it amounts to total hearsay. I know he is officially submitting this so it counts that way but still. Guys like this pop up every day.
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/lgunews/ag_systems/gps_equipped_cattle.htmlKahani said:
Some do but I kinda thought the same thing. I mean that's a pretty big leap anyway.
I know it's unlikely, but I so want this story to be true.
Please, I need to hear a reason somebody would want to plant a GPS on somebody!
Please, I need to hear a reason somebody would want to plant a GPS on somebody!
1) Because it costs a lot of money on unnecessary and dangerous surgery. An external tracking device like a manacle on the leg can do the same job cheaper. Not to mention that putting it 'somewhere deep' requires a highly skilled surgeon who could be better using his time to save lives.Cheshire the Cat said:
2) Because you also have to pay someone to monitor the GPS, which is impossible with a large prison population. You cannot be monitoring everyone all the time, you can only impose general rules which a computer can then check for, such as whether a person goes outside of their probation area.
They don't.Cheshire the Cat said:
US prisons make enormous profits from forced labour. In Europe, we don't call that a justice system, we call it slavery.
I think you're confusing self-evident fact and empty rhetoric. Your opinion has no more merit than me saying anyone in favour of the death penalty should be killed for lulz and irony because it would be really funny.Cheshire the Cat said:
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on one hand this sounds like bullshit, on the other, we limit damages against hospitals so much in tx that its really hard to find any lawyer that will bother suing a hospital for anything but the most obvious cases of malpractice, so Im not sure what this guy is hoping to get
No! Not an MRI! A simple chest x-ray would be sufficient. Yo do realize what MRI stands for, right? Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The object is subjected to an intense magnetic field, the individual atoms within the object generate their own unique fields, and then those fields are interpreted by a computer to generate an image. Let's repeat the important part. THE OBJECT IS SUBJECTED TO AN INTENSE MAGNETIC FIELD. In the (highly unlikely, in my opinion) event that there is a GPS device in his torso, the MRI is going to rip it right out of his chest. Even non-ferrous metals can be sucked into an MRI's magnet, it is that strong.SinisterGehe said:
EDIT: should have read your comment more closely. Remove and deactivate in one go. Ha, ha.
Come on, a secret government plan to track people wouldn't seriously implant GPS units into people in such an obvious way. While I don't think anyone in pretty much any government is smart enough to pull off a real, world changing conspiracy, I would give them more credit than "cut holes into people where there aren't supposed to be holes".
I call bullshit.
I call bullshit.
This has really big flashy signs that it is a paranoid delusion, even without the man's language being that of a child. Why would they go to that much trouble to tag him with a GPS tracker? And why would they be that careless?
This man is either a really incompetent fraud or a paranoid x, where x is any number of secondary debilitating mental illnesses/conditions. Perhaps both.
The really amusing thing is how many presumably sane people appear to believe his story in the face of his obvious mental deficiencies, the inexplicable actions of his alleged persecutors, and an apparent lack of evidence (at least, from what this article has given us).
This man is either a really incompetent fraud or a paranoid x, where x is any number of secondary debilitating mental illnesses/conditions. Perhaps both.
The really amusing thing is how many presumably sane people appear to believe his story in the face of his obvious mental deficiencies, the inexplicable actions of his alleged persecutors, and an apparent lack of evidence (at least, from what this article has given us).
Ya, because they'd perform a highly illegal procedure and then forget to wipe off the blood e_e. You don't have to cut into someone to put in a tracking chip, they do it with pets with a needle. If it's an actual transmitter, that's even stupider since there's no way the power supply would last very long.
When tracking animals they at least use a radio transmitter. This has so much stupid here I'm surprised the story hasn't collapsed under it yet.
When tracking animals they at least use a radio transmitter. This has so much stupid here I'm surprised the story hasn't collapsed under it yet.
Just sounds like another crazy wingnut to me. "Oh nooooess! Fear da gubberment!" they say. I say be suspicious, because there's always some military projects underway, but don't be grandiose about it.
I'll stay judgment until they actually check the armpit. I somewhat doubt it, but with conspiracies being constantly proven right now 'days and everyone constantly blabbering about how 'ridiculous the claims are' regardless of anything, shit, who knows.
But keep in mind that he's post-surgery when he 'discovered it'. In other words, mental shock and delusions aren't out of question.
But keep in mind that he's post-surgery when he 'discovered it'. In other words, mental shock and delusions aren't out of question.
A better question, if they were going to implant a GPS in someone would they do an exceedingly careful job in closing the incision? Normal surgeries don't usually bleed after, they would really have to mess up to have a simple incision bleed afterwards.darthricardo said:
What astonishes me is how many people take what look suspiciously like the ravings of a confused maniac, and start believing them enough to ask questions like "But why would the hospital do such a thing!?!?!" Short answer... the wouldn't! and not for any particular nice nice ethical reason. The simple fact that any such implanted device really would not work. (you may have noticed that GPS devices don't work real well indoors. Well the same applies to internal). Yeah you could do some sort of short range RF tag... but even then why, or even why leave a mark? They do that to pets using a mid sized needle. No incision.
So why would this dude be bleeding from his armpit? Well... and pure speculation on my part... but it's not unusual to have mainline IV access at the collarbone just above the armpit. That will leave a noticeable wound. It will especially be used in the case of a combative confused patient with a marginal grasp on reality. And will frequently be ripped out by such a confused patient leaving a gaping bleeding hole.
Really the classic stories of the crazy persons dental work being transmitters for the Russians makes more sense and has a higher degree of reality than this nonsense.
So why would this dude be bleeding from his armpit? Well... and pure speculation on my part... but it's not unusual to have mainline IV access at the collarbone just above the armpit. That will leave a noticeable wound. It will especially be used in the case of a combative confused patient with a marginal grasp on reality. And will frequently be ripped out by such a confused patient leaving a gaping bleeding hole.
Really the classic stories of the crazy persons dental work being transmitters for the Russians makes more sense and has a higher degree of reality than this nonsense.