My paralegal, Anne, buzzed me. You have a couple on the phone who have Covid-19. They are very upset with their family doctor and want to talk with you about a possible lawsuit for malpractice.

Now, this sounded interesting.

Just diagnosed with COVID-19 doctor yelled at them

Mr. Beaver, our family was just diagnosed with COVID-19, and fortunately no one is sick enough to go to the hospital, but we feel very disrespected by how our family doctor reacted.

I wondered how long have they gone to this doctor, and why they feel so disrespected.

We have been his patients for several years and never had a problem until now. But when he called us and confirmed that we all had COVID-19, it is what he said that hurt our feelings terribly. He was so angry! We recorded it. (They played the recording.)

Whats wrong with you all? I told you months ago that you were dangerously obese and that you were not taking your blood pressure medication as prescribed. Dont you watch TV? Almost all of the faces of the people who died from COVID-19 who you see on the evening news are horribly obese and you are too, all of you, mom, dad and your four young kids! Dont you get it! You are sentencing yourselves to death because of being morbidly obese!

Mr. Beaver, we arent that much overweight and our kids are otherwise healthy, if a bit big.

Was the doctor correct? Were they all obese? Dr. Skype would answer that question, and so I askedand the family agreedto do a Skype video chat. As soon as their webcam was active, it was clear to me that I was looking at an entire family of morbidly obese people in complete denial of their own health status.

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You and the Law: Obese COVID patients and their angry doctor - Hanford Sentinel

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