Annals Of Medicine

It's an art, not a science. (Unsure if this falls under "There'll Always Be An England".)

 Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:

He was a renowned surgeon — until a doctor found his initials burned on a patient's liver  —  Patients often can't help but wonder what doctors and nurses are doing while they're sedated.  —  Some suspect trash talking.  Others are wary of racially charged comments.

Discussion:

Frances Perraudin / The Guardian:   Surgeon admits marking his initials on the livers of two patients

Associated Press:   UK surgeon admits signing initials on patients' livers

Natalie Solent / Samizdata:   Sometimes you just gotta liver little

Camila Domonoske / NPR:   Enlarge this image  —  Carving your initials in a tree in Washington, D.C.?

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 Leon Watson / Telegraph:
Surgeon admits marking his initials on patients' livers during transplant ops

Discussion:

Erika Martin / KTLA:   British Surgeon Admits to Carving Initials Into Patients' Livers

Alizachasan / New York's PIX11:   Surgeon admits to branding initials on patients' livers

Gabrielle Okun / The Daily Caller:   Renowned Surgeon Admits To Putting Initials On Patients' Livers During Surgery

Closer to home, there'll always be a Beverly Hills, where a gas-passer is accused of patient murder:

An anesthesiologist is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on a murder charge stemming from the death of a 71-year-old plastic surgery patient in Beverly Hills this fall.

Stephen Kyosung Kim, 53, is charged in the Sept. 26 death of the patient, Dr. Mark Greenspan, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

While working at the Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, Kim allegedly administered medicine to sedate Greenspan before surgery, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

Kim is accused of injecting himself with drugs during the procedure, then allegedly giving Greenspan a lethal dose of Demerol while the patient was in a recovery room, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

Kim was arrested Wednesday by Beverly Hills police and released on bail, jail records show.
If convicted as charged, he could face up to 25 years to life in prison.

–City News Service