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All these stories about power/sex abuse sound so similar. It always seems a ton of people knew and did nothing to stop it. Reading about this guy was like reading about Jimmy Savile or Harvey Weinstein.

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Here's another one that blew me away even though I come from a family of doctors and nurses:

Medical Students Practice Pelvic Exams on Anesthetized Women Without Consent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3tuV8TJHT8

(the video is a non-sensationalist review of literature on the topic)

Happened to me. Another med student and I (both male) introduced ourselves to to the patient and asked if it would be ok if we observed her fibroid removal surgery. She consented.

Then, after the patient was anesthetize but before surgery, the fellow (subspecialist trainee) doctor told us to palpate her fibroids, and showed us how. Basically, we had to stick our whole hand into her vagina and press it against our other hand on the outside.

I felt really uncomfortable about it, but I did it anyways because I was afraid that if I didn’t the fellow doctor would give us bad marks for not participating/not showing interest.

I guess the lesson is always have someone with you when you are going under. In India, they actively remove all family members when examining patient even when the patient wants them present. Most places will not even allow the husband to be present by his wife for a delivery. I always found that very disturbing.

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