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Privacy rights double standard (medical field)

Dr. Twana Sparks

Posted by ashton123 on 2015-03-26 02:26:23

I just saw this story about Ear, Nose and Throat Dr. Twana Sparks of Gila Regional Medical Center in New Mexico and had to share it because of how ridiculous it illustrates the main point of this poll.

Basically this 40ish female doctor "performed non-authorized genital exams on male patients without their consent while they were under anesthesia... for years up to and including at least July 17, 2007." Apparently it was widely known among nurses and staff that she did this. Two running jokes were "Umm, doctor, that's a long way from the throat" and "Now I realize that ENT stands for Ears, Nuts and Testicles." The incident that finally got her in trouble was when "Sparks threw back the covers on a still-anesthetized man in his mid-30s just after surgery, reached into the fly of his boxer shorts, pulled out his $%!@ and held it in her ungloved hand toward the ceiling." When she "noticed fluid-filled vesicles indicative of a sexually transmitted disease on the right side of the shaft and yelled, 'Oh, gross!' She then slapped the head of the $%!@ 3 times to shouts of, 'Bad boy, bad boy, bad boy.' the all-female OR team laughed." Fortunately one of those nurses felt uncomfortable enough about the situation to report it. However, when she reported it to Mark Donnell, MD, the hospital's director of anesthesia, he "laughed and said, 'Oh, wait, is Twana doing one of her exams again?'" The hospital took no action against Sparks, but they did fire the whistle-blowing nurse. Only then did the nurse report the incident to the New Mexico Medical Board, which after an investigation confirmed the abuses. However, Dr. Sparks was put on only a "2-month paid leave of absence," was allowed to "retain her medical license," and even "continue to practice" - with the VERY SERIOUS caveat that she "can't see patients or perform genital or rectal exams without a chaperone." (Note that Sparks had plenty of female nurses chaperoning the incident in question who seemed more interested in getting a kick out of watching her play with the anesthetized man's $%!@ than serving as advocates on his behalf.)

In addition to the "exams" Sparks offered further humiliation to her unsuspecting male patients by "writing messages and drawing images on their anesthetized bodies." One example given was how she frequently wrote "PROPERTY OF __ (patient's wife's name) in surgical site marker" and explained away her actions as something "[the patient's] wife would get a kick out of."

Here's a couple of links to news articles: http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/resources/forms/2010/pdf/OutpatientSurgeryMagazine_1001_ent.pdf http://www.scsun-news.com/ci_13887704

I just want to point out that a male ENT who fondles female genitalia would be consisdered a sex predator. But hey... her website shows she's accepting new patients.

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