Tattooed privates prove not so private
 

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PHOENIX - A surgeon faces a disciplinary hearing for snapping a photo of a patient's tattooed genitals during an operation and showing it around to other doctors.

Mayo Clinic Hospital administrators said Dr. Adam Hansen, chief resident of general surgery, admitted taking the photo with his cell phone on Dec. 11. The tattoo on strip club owner Sean Dubowik's penis reads: "Hot Rod."

Dubowik, who had undergone a gallbladder operation, said he learned of the photo Monday when the Mayo Clinic called.

"I got a strange call after my surgery from a doctor who said there was a problem. He said Hansen was on the phone and would explain," he said.

Dubowik, 27, said Hansen told him he took the picture while inserting a catheter into his penis. A member of the surgical staff made an anonymous call about the photo to The Arizona Republic on Monday.

"He told me he didn't want me to read about it in the newspaper first," Dubowik said.

Hansen wasn't available for comment Tuesday and has been placed on administrative leave. He could face a range of punishment from probation to dismissal.

"Patient privacy is a serious matter, and photographing someone in this manner without a good reason is something we will investigate down to the last detail," said Dr. Joseph Sirven, education director for Mayo Clinic Arizona, the hospital's parent organization based in Scottsdale.

Dubowik said he got the tattoo on a bet and that "it was the most horrible thing I ever went though in my life."

He said he planned to contact an attorney.

"The longer I sit here the angrier I get," he said.

So wrong, on so many levels...

[QUOTE=Aqua]Dubowik said he got the tattoo on a bet and that "it was the most horrible thing I ever went though in my life."QUOTE]



Most have been some bet to win or lose!

And to think, I was pissed off a couple of years ago when I had my gallbladder removed because they shaved me so it looked like I had the Batman symbol on my chest!

And yet i think i would be pretty happy to find that they had shaved that into my chest.....

If it's unacceptable to sneak a picture of a tit or twat, why would it not be to take a pic of a dick?

I'll come back when ^he^ stops channelling Dr Suess...