Showing posts with label medical satire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical satire. Show all posts

Friday, April 1, 2011

The Vast Medical Wing Conspiracy!


Doctors Conspire to Create Epidemics

Widespread Corruption Revealed By Informants


April 1, 2011
By Justin Kidding and April Fuel
Internet News Service

ALERT!! Your Doctor may be making you and your whole community sick!!

Our multi-hour investigation has exposed a massive conspiracy to spread illness organized by Chicago medical mobsters with corrupt doctors and pharmaceutical companies. Allegations of deliberate infections, kickbacks, and drug company trinkets have been raised by multiple personality insiders.

This elaborate scheme’s structure was revealed by our whistleblowers; “Dr. A”, “Dr.MD” and “Dr.HD” spoke to us on condition of strict anonymity. Each doctor tells an aspect of this many-faceted tale of conspiracy, greed and fear. Due to the sensitivity of the information and danger to our informants and ourselves, we will refer to the nefarious coordinating organization by the pseudonym “the American Mobster Doctor Association” aka the “AMDA”. We have confirmed and expanded on these allegations by consulting Google, Art Bell and Charlie Sheen.

We will start with the testimony of “Dr. A”, who gives the overview. “In spring we get the ‘wishbook’ from the “AMDA” which lists available pathogens. Our association reviews it and we make orders specifying germs and optimal timing of epidemics. It is required that a minimum 25% of the pathogens must be bacteria sensitive to antibiotics. In July we receive the (regionally) adjusted schedule, and the first enteroviruses appear. We order our influenza vaccine which is made to counter the 3 strains “AMDA” is using this year. In the fall, the first epidemics arrive, perhaps via jet contrails or ‘mosquito control’ spray trucks. Often a large daycare is contaminated to start things up or in smoke bombs at football games. Each month we promptly kickback part of our fees from office visits to the “AMDA” to ensure the next germ deliveries”.

How is Big Pharma involved? “The drug companies profit from the antibiotics, flu vaccines and cold medicines sold. They also help breed new flu strains to, ah, influence people to get another shot next year or else”. “Dr. A” adds, “I kept silent for years, but my loyalty ran out with the last ink from my final surviving free drug company pen”.

“Dr.HD” filled in some details. “Outbreaks are staggered around a region to decrease suspicion, the timing consistent with historical patterns. For example I might tell a parent, ‘It’s strep. We always get it this time of year’. Of course we do! As we ordered! Ha, ha, I have too much fun with it. I diagnose ‘what’s going around town’ the very day it started! And people whisper government conspiracy theories about black helicopters and I can smile, knowing it’s really the ‘AMDA’!”

“Dr. A” added, “The government is a party to it, though. Remember the saying, ‘Never let a virus go to waste’? The support of the ‘AMDA’ and Big Pharma was needed for the health care bill, so provisions hidden in the bill will continue the lucrative scheme. Of course there will be return payoffs to politicians from the profits through 'meaningful use' of EHRs. It’s the Chicago Way”.

We asked “Dr.MD”, With so many individuals in the know, how have doctors have kept this secret? She replied, “Fear. Naked fear. We know what they have, and they will not hesitate to use it on stool pigeons. C difficile. Vibrio. Entamoeba. Botulism. Even undercover sources are in danger from Treponema, Chlamydia, HIV, HPV and GC”.

It is as yet unclear whether hospitals are part of the syndicate, having no defections surviving from that quarter. Our questions of the “AMDA”were initially ignored, but after revealing our location were politely denied.

What can an individual do in the face of these threats? Unfortunately very little except wearing a little Japanese-style face mask and keeping your tinfoil hat in place.

There is no refuge from the contrails.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

The Health Commission (THC) Bans "Daily" Orders

A new standard for Health Care Organizations was announced today by The Health Commission (THC) [formerly known as the Joint].

As of today, March 14, 2010, in medication orders, use of daily, weekly and monthly are now considered a Type 1 violation of patient safety. Medication orders must be written in this format:

x(quantity) every y(time period in hours, minutes, or seconds); e.g. 10mg every 24 hours, or 5ml every 12 hours.

This new rule is necessary due to thousands of overdoses which began earlier today in hospitals across most of North America. Patients receiving medications scheduled for "daily" or "twice daily" administration were dosed one hour early, exposing them to possible drug toxicity. There will be a ripple effect with further inappropriate dosing of "weekly" and monthly" in the next doses. This phenomenon is thought to comprise a large portion of the hundreds of thousands who die each year of medical errors. This can be seen in that there were no cases in Hawaii or Arizona which have 2 of the 4 lowest mortality rates in the USA.

THC has enforced previous crucial safety standards to protect patients from harm such as banning "qd" in typed as well as handwritten records, requiring writing out "magnesium sulfate" instead of its chemical formula, and enforcing the 24 hour rule for signing physician verbal orders.

Note: an equivalent rule will soon cover other orders such as vital signs, therapy, and weighing the patient.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Doctish-English Phrase Book: Dialogue 1

This lesson illustrates a conversation using two dialects of Doctish. The physician, Dr. Lucre uses the standard form, while his patient, Mr. Slippery speaks Evadian. (Translation is provided in italics)

Dr. Lucre: Good morning, how are you today? You're here?

Mr. Solvent: I'm fine I'm here

Dr. L: What can I do for you? Can I make this a 99214? I have a Porsche payment due

Mr. S: You told me to come in for a recheck. You have a Porsche payment due

Dr. L: How has your blood pressure been doing? I see your pressure is high today. It's always high

Mr. S: It's always high when I'm in your office. It's always high

Dr. L: Do you check it elsewhere, is it any different? You don't check it

Mr. S: Once in a while. No Here's my list of numbers. I made them up

Dr. L: We talked before about lifestyle modification. I see you've gained weight, have you been exercising? How about salt intake? You'll blow me off again and I don't get paid for talking

Mr. S: Your scales are off, at home I weigh less than last time. I try to watch the salt. I have this script memorized

Dr. L: Any side effects from your medicine? Can I get moderate risk?

Mr. S: Only the price. Didn't buy it

Dr. L: Any new symptoms in any way? Nope, not even limited risk. I need more HPI elements. Mx/Dx options?

Dr. L: Have you had any chest pain, trouble breathing, edema, etc... ROS x2, check

Mr. S: Nope Nope

Dr. L: Any Family Medical History of hypertension? need 1 pfsh, Check

Mr. S: Not yet. Check your notes, idiot! You ask every visit.

Dr. L: Let me check you over [does brief physical exam]. I need 12 bullets, Check

Mr. S: Why'd you hafta check my ears? He's padding the bill

Dr. L: It's a valuable thing to check. I'll get to charge more

Mr. S: Anything else Doc? Anything else?

Dr. L: I want to double your Hypotensin pill. Take your Hypotensin pill

Mr. S: OK, I'll need a new prescription. I tossed the old prescription

Dr. L: Ok, here you go. I want to recheck you in 3 months. Same same in 3 months.

Mr. S: Ok, 3 months. Same same in 3 months.