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Screenshot from the video conference: Not appropriate
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Many people wonder what their interlocutors do on the side in video conferences.
A physician in the USA may have gone too far.
The man from the US state of California had dialed in for his court hearing for a traffic offense - with a surgical gown, hood and beeping from the medical equipment in the background.
“Are you available for the trial?” Asked a bailiff.
“It looks like you're in an operating room.” The plastic surgeon replied confidently, “Yes, I'm in an operating room right now.
I am available for the negotiation.
Go ahead. ”The bailiff even told him that the trial would be live-streamed because traffic cases would need to be heard in public.
The appointment, which was streamed on YouTube and whose recording "The Sacramento Bee" was published, did not really get going.
The judge asked again, “If I'm not entirely wrong, I see the defendant in the middle of an operating room involved in caring for a patient.
Is that correct? ”Asked the judge.
The surgeon replied, "Yes, sir."
"Sometimes an operation doesn't go as it should"
It's not the first notable incident with video conferencing that has increased sharply due to the corona restrictions:
The legal expert for the US magazine “The New Yorker”, Jeffry Toobin, exposed himself during a video conference and was fired as a result.
At a court hearing in a Texas court a few weeks ago, a lawyer turned a cat filter on and didn't get it turned off.
Finally he asserted: "I am not a cat".
The doctor from the operating room also tried to save the situation.
He said he has another surgeon here to perform the operation on him.
But that was too much for the lawyer from Sacramento.
The judge said he was "not comfortable" negotiating the case now.
"Sometimes an operation doesn't go as it should," the medic began again apologetically, but the judge interrupted him.
"We want to keep people healthy, we want to keep them alive," he said.
He does not think a hearing from the OP is appropriate and rescheduled the date to March 4th.
The incident is likely to have increased the anger for the doctor.
The Medical Association of California announced that they want to investigate the behavior of the cosmetic surgeon.
The board of directors announced that it »expects doctors to observe due diligence when treating their patients«.
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