jimnyc
01-18-2015, 08:55 AM
I hope I never have to use this hospital! How can they be unaware for an entire month that they have a fake with them, and a teenager no less? Knowing someone with just a little knowledge can just walk in off the streets, that's insane!! Oh, and this kid has a HUGE set of nads!!
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JANUARY 16--A teenage boy wearing a white lab coat and carrying a stethoscope masqueraded as a doctor at a Florida hospital for a month until his Doogie Howser act was derailed this week, cops say.
The 17-year-old, whose name was redacted from a West Palm Beach Police Department report, was confronted Tuesday afternoon by officers at St. Mary's Medical Center, where the juvenile introduced himself as a doctor.
The phony physician’s gambit unraveled after a patient alerted OB/GYN staffers that “a young black male who appeared to be a child was dressed as a doctor” and was inside a nearby examination room, police noted.
The boy was outfitted in a white lab coat bearing the St. Mary’s logo (the word "anesthesiology" was embroidered on the garment’s front side). The imposter also "had a stethoscope around his neck and a face mask," according to the report.
Hospital workers told police that the teenager was inside an exam room while an actual doctor, Sebastian Kent, conducted a patient examination.
As first reported by the Sun Sentinel, the teenager’s mother told police that her son is "under the care of a doctor" and refuses to take prescribed medicine. Cops and hospital officials declined to pursue charges against the boy, who was detained by officers as he sought to leave the medical facility.
As detailed in the police report, cops spoke to security guard Christian D'Amato, who said the teenager "is known around the hospital as a 'doctor,'" and had been "seen on several floors of the hospital by several hospital employees entering patients rooms and talking to hospital employees."
But D'Amato apparently never questioned whether the minor was, in fact, an actual medical professional.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/doogie-howser-wannabe-busted-786450
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JANUARY 16--A teenage boy wearing a white lab coat and carrying a stethoscope masqueraded as a doctor at a Florida hospital for a month until his Doogie Howser act was derailed this week, cops say.
The 17-year-old, whose name was redacted from a West Palm Beach Police Department report, was confronted Tuesday afternoon by officers at St. Mary's Medical Center, where the juvenile introduced himself as a doctor.
The phony physician’s gambit unraveled after a patient alerted OB/GYN staffers that “a young black male who appeared to be a child was dressed as a doctor” and was inside a nearby examination room, police noted.
The boy was outfitted in a white lab coat bearing the St. Mary’s logo (the word "anesthesiology" was embroidered on the garment’s front side). The imposter also "had a stethoscope around his neck and a face mask," according to the report.
Hospital workers told police that the teenager was inside an exam room while an actual doctor, Sebastian Kent, conducted a patient examination.
As first reported by the Sun Sentinel, the teenager’s mother told police that her son is "under the care of a doctor" and refuses to take prescribed medicine. Cops and hospital officials declined to pursue charges against the boy, who was detained by officers as he sought to leave the medical facility.
As detailed in the police report, cops spoke to security guard Christian D'Amato, who said the teenager "is known around the hospital as a 'doctor,'" and had been "seen on several floors of the hospital by several hospital employees entering patients rooms and talking to hospital employees."
But D'Amato apparently never questioned whether the minor was, in fact, an actual medical professional.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/doogie-howser-wannabe-busted-786450