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Billionaire Ehud Laniado dies during penis enlargement surgery, surgeons banned (www.hindustantimes.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 158 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Belgian-Israeli businessman Ehud Arye Laniado, founder of Omega Diamonds, suffered a fatal heart attack while undergoing injections intended to enlarge his penis.

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However, prosecutors later downgraded the charges to failure to assist a person in danger, drug-related offences, and practising medicine without a licence.

Call me paranoid, but I'd like anyone giving me penis injections to be licensed to practice medicine.

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  • [–] 123 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    You sound like the brainwashed masses. He, a billionaire, was much more qualified to determine if someone is fit to practice medicine than some institutional board. Obviously, otherwise he wouldn’t have been a billionaire.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I wonder if this is a benefit to having health insurance: my insurance presumedly vets doctors in their network, so I'd have a hard time going to anyone unlicensed.

    On the other hand, if I got penis enhancement surgery my insurance wouldn't cover it anyway, so I'd probably not care if they were out of network.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Socialized medicine also vets the doctors they have on payroll. Extra bonus: their vetting process doesn't involve a willingness to fuck patients over for extra cash.

    Also, regardless of who pays, always check the doctor's credentials and more importantly their online reviews - there are a lot of crappy doctors that are acting perfectly legally.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Extra bonus: their vetting process doesn't involve a willingness to fuck patients over for extra cash.

    Funny when here in Belgium, the government put a couple decades ago a cap on the number of doctors who were allowed to graduate medical school (numerus clausus). The goal is to reduce the number of doctors to pay for (with the support of existing doctors who want less competition).

    The predictable result of artificial scarcity? I live a major city and if I want an appointment with any specialist it's a 6+ months delay or a 1-2 months if you can justify a daytrip to Brussels. This is having real tangible impacts on quality of care.

    Obviously I would not trade my healthcare system for the American one but let's not pretend that money and greed aren't factors.

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