Surgeon punched anaesthetist over sleeping patient
24th September 2010
Dr Hakan Baysal, a 44-year-old ear, nose and throat specialist, punched his colleague to the ground and then kicked him, when he was meant to be operating on the patient’s nasal cartilage.
The anaesthetist was tired, complaining he had performed five procedure that day and had prepared to leave without telling Dr Baysal. The last patient of the day had been waiting six hours for an operation on his nose.
Dr Baysal got wind of his plans during the penultimate procedure, punched him in the face as the patient went under the narcotic.
It’s so hard to get good help these days.
September 24th, 2010 at 16:01
For the anesthesiologist to walk out “without telling [the surgeon]” would be to walk out leaving his patient without vital services. Was he planning to leave before he put his patient under, or afterwards? The article leaves it unclear.
The surgeon got what he deserved for assaulting the anesthesiologist, but the anesthesiologist is a whiner who at best, should never get work again.
September 24th, 2010 at 18:50
I’d ban both of them. They’re both in the wrong line of work.