'Please don't do that': Man says NY hospital forced rectal exam

[one...two...tree 2,762]

NEW YORK - A construction worker claimed in a lawsuit claiming that when he went to a hospital after being hit on the forehead by a falling wooden beam, emergency room staffers forcibly gave him a rectal examination.

Brian Persaud, 38, says in court papers that after he denied a request by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital emergency room employees to examine his rectum, he was "assaulted, battered and falsely imprisoned."

His lawyer, Gerrard M. Marrone, said he and Persaud later learned the exam was one way of determining whether he had suffered spinal damage in the accident.

Marrone said his client got eight stitches for a cut over his eyebrow.

Then, Marrone said, emergency room staffers insisted on examining his rectum and held him down while he begged, "Please don't do that." He said Persaud hit a doctor while flailing around and staffers gave him an injection, which knocked him out, and performed the rectal exam.

Persaud woke up handcuffed to a bed and with an oxygen tube down his throat, the lawyer said, and spent three days in a detention center.

A request by the hospital to dismiss Persaud's lawsuit was denied by Justice Alice Schlesinger, who ordered a trial to start March 31.

Hospital spokesman Bryan Dotson said, "While it would be inappropriate for us to comment on specifics of the case, we believe it is completely without merit and intend to contest it vigorously."

Persaud's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, seeks unspecified damages. A judge dismissed a misdemeanor assault charge against him.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/...nted16-ODD.html

[mawilson 2,133]

Who wouldn't want a free rectal exam?

[Nizzy 1]

Oh dear...

[isleta521 5]

I wonder if they *cough* took turns "examining" his rectum.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Wrecked 'em? It dang near killed him.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I agree if this man says "No rectal exam" then they should respect that and find another way for heaven sakes. Leave us our dignity.

Edited January 17, 2008 by Olivia*

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I wonder if they *cough* took turns "examining" his rectum.

[isleta521 5]

I wonder if they *cough* took turns "examining" his rectum.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

Really! I always enjoy mine!

Who wouldn't want a free rectal exam?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

That's a real Rab C. Nesbitt experience...

[wishbone 0]

Hahaha, I will oppose that too, and ask if there's another way to examine spinal damage.

Or they just love to do that.

[Krikit 1,164]

The problem with head injuries is sometimes the victim gets combative. But I guess if the patient is like that normally it would be pretty hard to tell the difference. I wish someone would give this guy --> a head injury.

[Don_Joy's Prince 0]

With all his flailing I would say his back was in pretty good shape. Maybe let's just do an X-ray instead.

[JODO 2]

The problem with head injuries is sometimes the victim gets combative. But I guess if the patient is like that normally it would be pretty hard to tell the difference. I wish someone would give this guy --> a head injury.

That guy does need to be put out of his misery.

[almaty 19]

i have a female doctor and when she does my prostate exam...i always tip her a $20