@BostonGlobe
I’m sorry but drs are overworked. The hours of 36 straight hours is insane when dealing w life saving procedures etc. this is a wake up call we must treat them like human beings and not like robots.
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The longtime head of spine surgery at Boston Medical Center has been reprimanded by state regulators and fined $5,000 for leaving an operating room before the start of an emergency surgery to go eat in his car, where he fell asleep and missed the procedure.
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On Nov. 22, 2016, a patient came to the hospital needing emergency ankle surgery.
Tannoury and a chief resident took the patient to the operating room at 9:30 p.m.
Tannoury left the hospital before the surgery began, bought something to eat in his parked car, and fell asleep.
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Dr. Tony Tannoury, 54, admitted that he woke up in his car that November night in 2016, called the teaching hospital, and was told that a chief resident had performed the operation he was supposed to oversee.
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In a recent ruling, the state Board of Registration in Medicine concluded that Tannoury, who was the attending surgeon for orthopedic trauma emergencies that night, had “engaged in conduct that undermines the public confidence in the integrity of the medical profession.”
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The board ordered him to complete five continuing education credits in “professionalism” and review regulations for supervising residents.
It took nearly five years for the matter to be made public.
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Dr. James Rickert, who is president of the Society for Patient Centered Orthopedics, said Tannoury’s actions were egregious.
He also said the medical board reprimand and $5,000 fine were inadequate and came too long after the incident.
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@Nasreen_Mai
@BostonGlobe
Exactly! People should have rallied around him instead of attacking him. And 5k is a HUGE fine. Dr or not. Drs are paying off student loans for more than half their career. So yea it’s a big fine. For BEING TIRED. It’s inhumane. Let the man go home and rest ffs
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@conscious_sis
@BostonGlobe
I didn’t say it wasn’t unprofessional. But the man was TIRED he wasn’t out smoking crack! He fell asleep! It’s insane they’d make this big of a deal over this.
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@GrowingJohnsons
@BostonGlobe
I dunno seems like a saftey issue if your suegeon is so tired he cannot stay awake and falls asleep on accident. Probably was a good thing for the patient. He should have been helped not punished.
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@GrowingJohnsons
@BostonGlobe
I would MUCH rather the doc get however much he/she needs before cutting on me!!
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