10 Funny Healthcare Doctor Stories (For

your Laughing Pleasure)

by Jonathan Govette
Healthcare jobs are very stressful, sometimes it takes a toll with all the crazy patients, doctors,
and other staff placing demands on you. So I am giving you some relief, its time to laugh.

Here are some funny stories and memes that I think you will like

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2.

With American becoming more and more stagnant this one says it best.

During a patients two-week follow-up appointment with his cardiologist, he informed

me, his doctor, that he was having trouble with one of his medications. Which one? I asked.
The patch. The nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours and now Im running out of

places to put it! I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped I wouldnt see. Yes, the
man had over fifty patches on his body! Now, the instructions include removal of the old patch
before applying a new one. Submitted by Dr. Rebecca St. Clair to Ridiculously Funny Medical
Stories

3.

Waiting times are increasing due to many factors More patients, less doctors, and the
need to make a steady stream of revenue to cover the high cost of running a practice (Setting
appointments back to back)

4.

I was caring for a woman and asked, So hows your breakfast this morning? Its very
good, except for the Kentucky Jelly. I cant seem to get used to the taste, the patient replied. I
then asked to see the jelly and the woman produced a foil packet labeled KY Jelly. Dr.
Leonard Kransdorf

5.

Now thankfully this story did not result in a death, but goes to show you how sloppy
handwriting can be a major problem in healthcare.
A woman in Arkansas brought her baby in to see the doctor, and he determined right away the
baby had an earache. He wrote a prescription for eardrops. In the directions he wrote, Put two
drops in right ear every four hours and he abbreviated right as an R with a circle around it.
Several days passed, and the woman returned with her baby, complaining that the baby still had
an earache, and his little behind was getting really greasy with all those drops of oil. The doctor
looked at the bottle of eardrops and sure enough, the pharmacist had typed the following
instructions on the label: Put two drops in R ear every four hours. From Cafe Mom

6.

Related to number 5, Patient referrals are on the rise in the United States and many
physicians are making many a lot of referral mistakes (See 5 physician referral mistakes you do
not know youre making). Not only are you making mistakes but there are some shocking
referral statistics about specialist referrals.
So to lighten the mood

7.

A man comes into the ER and yells, My wifes going to have her baby in the cab! I
grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the ladys dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly I noticed that there were several cabs and I was in the wrong one. Dr. Mark
MacDonald

8.

An elderly patient became irate during a medical examination when he peaked at the
doctors chart and saw that the doctor had written Major S.O.B. underlined at the bottom. The
physician stopped him in mid-rant by saying Major Shortness of Breath. But now they both
apply.

9.

The internet and all the new healthcare companies that want to help you find a doctor or
help you find a diagnosis for your problem are growing at leaps and bounds. But the main
issue is can you trust them? I would not put my life in the hands a online forum or a virtual
doctor, nor should you.

10.

When I was doing home health, I had a patient who was very demanding and could be
outright rude at times. At one point she had a terrible stomach virus which made her a daily
patient for a while of course I got stuck with her while she was daily. One morning I went in
and she was sitting at the kitchen counter looking positively green around the gills. I said, Are
you alright? She looked me dead in the eyes and said, Hell NO! That Dr. is going to have to do
something about these damn pills he gave me. They are too big to swallow and I have to cut
them in half, and to top it all off, they are slimy and make me gag when I try to get them down!!
I nearly died laughing when I realized that the pills were glycerin suppositories.