These 30 Doctor Memes Are The Best Medicine If You Need A Laugh (WARNING: Some Are Really Dark)
To become a doctor you have to spend four years of your life in medical studies, then 3 to 7 more in residency, before finally getting your license. To endure this much of student life, you either have to be really determined, a little bit coo-coo, or have a dark sense of humor to numb the stress that comes with being a soon-to-be doctor.
With so many years spent pursuing a career, many funny stories and medical jokes are bound to be accumulated. And since people say that laughter is the best medicine, we have compiled a list of the best doctor memes from all around the internet. And who among us hasn’t had a memorable visit to the doctor? You get poked, prodded and asked some pretty bizarre and invasive questions.
Well, what happens when you combine these uncomfortable stories with the less than memorable faces on stock photos? Hilariously funny memes. Yes, our collection of photos below will have you chuckling from the waiting room to the exam room. From horrifyingly expensive doctor’s visits to awkward questions, it's all there. Scroll down below to see the comedic side of all the things about going to the hospital you never thought could be funny. There's also a good chance, that if you yourself are a doctor, you'll find these funny memes about work very relatable.
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Psychotherapist
On the plus side I bet about 25% of the people seeing this will remember the correct spelling of this now.
Analytical Therapist or Analrapist for short (Courtesy of Arrested Development!)
Yeah I think this comic may be stolen from arrested development
Load More Replies...Turns out, the word "THERAPIST" has much the same effect when used as a vanity license plate.
I had a friend who liked to call his therapist, The Rapist" Claiming the Dr. was "raping his mind during his sessions" Weird but true story.
These 93 Doctor Memes Are The Best Medicine If You Need A Laugh (Warning: Some Are Really Dark)
Connect The Dots
Don't worry it will be. I through my studies of Bored Panada we have a lot of silky unlike minded people, but when it comes to vaccines. We all seem on board.
Load More Replies...you dont actually get scars from measles - unike chicken-pox
Load More Replies...Eh. I got the Chicken Pox vaccine and I got Chicken Pox anyway! I still get vaccinated though.
No vaccine is 100% effective. That is why we need EVERYONE to be vaccinated. When the number vaccinated falls below about 90% to 92%, herd immunity fails, and those whose didn't provide the needed immunity get sick.
Load More Replies...I was vaccinated for measles as a child, I contracted both strains twice in my teens! Vaccines are not a fail safe!
vaccines only work a certain amount of time, one shot is not going to protect you your whole life
Load More Replies...We Are All Going To Die
How did it happen that "Dr." became the title for PhDs as well as MDs and DVMs?
Dr. denotes level of education, not what they do. The letters that come after the name denote the subject in which the level was achieved.
Load More Replies...Meirl
O have the opposite, they tell me its oke, but i want the numbers
Yes! I'm the same way! Give me the numbers always give me the numbers and I'll ask for clarification if I need it.
Load More Replies...And The Credit Goes To...
Nebula how do you convert to atheism? wondering Also it's convert not covert
Load More Replies...Yep, I thank God for the doctor. And the nurses and the hospital staff. I don't believe God just waves a magic wand and fixes everything.
Why not??? He certainly did it before, right? Why can't he do it anymore? He ran out of mana???
Load More Replies...As a Christian, my parents taught my brother and I to thank God for the Doctor and that he/she has the skills and training to be a doctor, that they took their time and ability to studdy to be a doctor. I was in and out of the hospital a lot as a kid and was always encourage to thank medical staff.
Unless a god taught the doctor the skills, there is nothing to thank god for. There never is as no god has ever done anything for us.
Load More Replies...If I were a doctor, I would change my name to God just to confuse the patients.
I once had a neurosurgeon called Doctor Mort, so basically Doctor Death, he didn’t find it funny when I called him that...no sense of humour at all
Load More Replies...Some people don't know where to direct their gratitude. A mortal human does all the work, an imaginary Sky Daddy gets the credit. And that's the same Sky Daddy who did nothing to prevent the Holocaust.
To one of my surgeons when he told me the surgery was a success, I said, "Thank God!" He replied, "Thankyou, you're welcome" then blew on his fingernails and walked off. I love that guy!
Yeah. And when the neighbour's kid dies from measles because they didn't have their own children vaccinated, then they will surely blame the doctors ... Belief goes along with opinion, knowledge is something altogether different.
I’m a Christian and I thank both God and the doctor. After all,it was the doctor who laboriously performed the operation. But we thank God for his blessing as well for providing a skilled doctor and allowing a good outcome.
Doctor Scribbles
Had a trainee doctor sitting in on an appointment. He wrote my prescription... legibly. I'm worried he won't succeed.
we were forever having to phone the GP - because the prescriptions were unreadable - it's worrying
Load More Replies...Same here! Literally had one the other day that was, no joke, just a couple of straight lines...
Load More Replies...... but not in my Country: we have computers and doctors use them, and pharmacies can read prescriptions online :-)
I have bad handwriting since I wad kid, so my parents wished me to be a doctor. Then boom! Here I am. Not a doctor
Fremulon not a doctor. Sorry... somehow felt impelled to do this.
Load More Replies...I used to work in a diagnostic lab and we were pretty good at deciphering some of the test requests but there were some that were so bad we'd have to call to find out what they wanted. Even after getting a translation it was sometimes impossible to see how the scrawl matched the request... :-S
Nobody Runs
BURN!! Like the last thing you need is a smart a*s Dr. when you are sick!
Language Differences
You need universal healthcare in Australia, everything that lives there either has sharp teeth, too many legs and is hungry or a kangaroo will kick your face off ;)
At least none of those things are allowed to have guns.
Load More Replies...Same with the UK - in my opinion no healthcare system for all makes America a third world country (I mean so does trump but come on)
I'm American and I think that Australia is better.
Load More Replies...As an Aussie I am pleased that we have UHC, but sometimes I look wistfully at the even better way the Scandinavians do it (and child care, and unemployment, and pensions, and...). One thing that flummoxes me ceaselessly is that so many Americans want to go the other way, and they call it 'MAGA'...
Do you think all these things are free? I have family in Sweden and taxes reduce their earnings by some 50%. Universal does not mean free and does not necessarily mean better, especially since you often have to wait months or years in line to get many lifesaving medical procedures done and by then you either get worse or die. It's like that in every European country. I have family in many different countries in Europe and it's no paradise. For basic stuff its ok but when your life is on the line...good luck.
Load More Replies...but we have to have something in place to bankrupt thousands of Americans every year! universal healthcare would take the financial burden off so many and we sure can't have that
I am all for universal healthcare. In the USA, I sprained my ankle skiing. The doctor I saw examined it, put a bandage on, and charged me 5000 dollars!
Are You Going To Save Me?
If things like this actually granted common sense the internet would be a much happier place.
Load More Replies...I never wanted to accept that people like these existed until I personally knew a man who wouldn’t let his wife go through chemotherapy because it went against his religion. She finally did it but it was too late. He was furious with her and didn’t talk to her until she passed away. Yes, people ARE that stupid.
Ugh. Reading that literally made my chest clench. I can't fathom having that poor of a relationship with my wife.
Load More Replies...Yes prayer helps. You prayed for help and God sent you someone who can heal your child. You can be a Christian and not be stupid, it's possible come on.
No it was the hospital that sent the doctor. God does not excist
Load More Replies...It ought to be illegal to put children's lives at risk because of some weird religious rules/opinions/belief. In reality, it translates into severe child abuse.
If prayer really worked, all kids would spontaneously recover from their maladies.
Sometimes I feel bad for laughing at these people. Not often. But sometimes.
Some religions really believe this. What about the old saying, God helps those that help themselves? Some people really are idiots.
You really can’t rely on a Sky Guy to fix all of your problems, especially when it concerns someone medical conditions. You just can’t. God is not going to fix someone, medicine is. See, this is why I loved science so much as a kid! Maybe I should be a scientist, although I currently don’t know what I want to be...
Police Medic
And from all over the world for that matter too !!! Central Europe [read Poland] first of all these days. But the tendency seems global....
Load More Replies..."He's still not getting up, this thing must be broken, ill try to spray my health mace in his eyes"
Ah, the old "bash 'em and treat 'em". That's what I call job security.
Do they sign the Hippocratic oath? - "primum non nocere" or "First do no harm"
Dying From Curiosity
Medical Students
Where the one who passes out? There’s always one who passes out the first time around.
I suppose they passed out already, so you'd find them laying on the floor :"D
Load More Replies...Gosh :D If students were so cute, they can watch all day. Other than that I'd be relieved I were under narcosis xD
I'm bingeing Grey's Anatomy now and these cats are too much like the show.
Tell Me Everything
... and I'll base my diagnosis on the first 8 seconds of your monologue.
Their interruptions are ment to make the interview more effective, save time... but I wonder how many patient were never able to talk about difficult problems because of that...
Load More Replies...Also provided all past medical records from other doctors which were obviously not even reviewed.
Load More Replies...Usually it's so long between the nurse and the doctor I have a hard time keeping my story straight.
Me, "I told you all this morning as well!" Doc, "No, I don't think so." Nurse, "Yes she did." Doc, "Oh well, refresh my memory." Me, "You do remember how to do surgery, right, coz with a memory like yours I think I will find a new doctor."
I yelled at them when I had to go to emergency care. I was like can't you just fu__ing just read what I just told the other 5 people who asked me the same f_N thing?
Visual Comparison
^STARTS BURSTING INTO LAUGHTER^ ^CAN’T WRITE BECAUSE OF LAUGHTER^
ackchyually there are single strands of DNA and double strands of RNA
An Apple A Day
I actually didn't get this one until you said that.
Load More Replies...An apple will keep almost everyone away....if you throw it hard enough.
Put It Back!
Nincompoop - wow, this used to be my fave word as a kid. Thank you for bringing it back for me! Now my children will learn some REAL slang, lol
Load More Replies...You see the back bone is connected to the shoulder bone and the shoulder bone is connected to ...
I write lol so much, but this actually got me laughing so hard.
Naughty Gall Bladder
Me too. But I saved my stones, post surgery. It maked those.
Load More Replies...Awww...my gallbladder made me some too, they have names! :-)
I lost my gallbladder years ago for this problem and this makes me feel a little badly for it... LOL!
Yeah, my gall bladder made stones too. He got kicked off the wagon :D
We Edited It
Greart Movie idea, the guy that fixes evrything with photoshop
Load More Replies...Reminds me of the running joke about the doctor who, if his patients can't afford the medical procedure, touches up the X-rays.
Uncooperative Patients
yep they're like: instead i'll get urine injection and eat 3 pineapple a day
Stuff those injections but if 3 pineapples work i’ll Do that
Load More Replies...I did chemo, still on anti-tumoral therapies, all life long as they said. I chose to fight, in my Country you can freely choose not to be treated. Side effects are terrible. I'm just asking people to respect those who do not feel like fighting against cancer or any other illness.
An informed choice to forgo aggressive treatments with heavy side affects to enjoy a better quality of life for the time you have is far different from ignoring medical instructions and suffering because of it.
Load More Replies...In the past two years, I have watched two adults suffer very painful and very brutal final months. Both refused to follow simple medical directions, including taking full doses of the prescribed pain medications, properly cleaning catheter tubes, and eating portions small enough for the intestines to handle the meals. It was excruciating to watch them spend their days in pain and anger, lashing out at their children and the nursing staff.
I agree. If drugs allow you to face a more acceptable standard of life, even in the last moments, I would accept them. Pain is uselss, and those who love you, suffer for your pain.
Load More Replies...I actually heard about an increase in the number of people doing DIY at home fecal transplants and doctors are trying to get them to stop. Takes all kinds, I guess!
I unfortunately knows some of these ppl. my mom would trash all the medications she was given and go for something silly like spiritual healing etc. instead. I can't understand her reasoning at all.
Yep, just like my parents. My father got diagnosted with stomach cancer - all they do is eating only bio and doing coffee clysters. He will die soon.
I’m so sorry. I did everything I could to kick cancer’s butt. Changed my eating habits, meds and supplements. But I know a lot of people don’t do that. Big hugs to you and your family
Load More Replies...What Brings You Here Today
A friend of mine brought her husband to the ER for a psych evaluation. "What brings you here today?" "My wife did, in the Honda"
We will find a cure, when it becomes a diesese. Being in a relationship on the other hand, u can go to psychiatrist, get admitted to asylum, join the over-population control Dept., Overdose on pills and drugs, get binge eating, get yourself a therapy animal etc. As u can see the list goes on,on and on.
Load More Replies...Gardening Nurse Style
Omg, this is genius!!! Is there anyone who can answer a few questions about this? Like - do the bottles have bottoms cut off or not? How deep in the pot are the tubes? All the way down or the middle? :-D I want this!!!
My uncle was a doctor and he did exactly this in his garden. Especially good for summer and areas where water is scarce. You may or may not cut the bottom, thats your preference. If you decide to keep the bottom, in that case you would have to puncture a few tiny holes in the bottle for air. As for how deep they go in, you can either leave them at the top of the soil near the root, or can dig just a few cm, but make sure the tube does not get blocked by the dirt.
Load More Replies...Aha! Now I know what to do with all those saline drip thingies I get to take home after my surgeries! Yippeeeeeee!
One way to reuse those blooming water bottles. Reminds me of a John Callahan cartoon showing a nurse in a park fixing up the pigeons with IVs.
I'm going to try this someday, have to get the IV tubing though..
I do not know how people get medical equipment. .. there are laws about that in Australia.... Can anyone tell me please ?
Probably stole them from the supply closet at work. :/
Load More Replies...Be Positive
Sorry we are all o positive will that help him ? but wait you just said he was a piece a c**p to me 5 minutes ago :_+++}|
Good News
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Funny Doctors Memes
A lot of surgeon's think that they are God. I work with quite a few of them. They're a bunch of snots and their patients think their surgeon walk on water. Honestly I love my job but the God like people......................ugh
Just A Few More Likes
His "doctor's stethoscope" is a cheap one that no respectable medical person would use.
Internal Bleeding
When my friend was 11 she wanted to work in the NYPD because of Brooklyn Nine Nine. More information- she was a girly girl who hated conflict and violence. One last thing, we live in the South West of England....
Jake Peralta: The epitome of "Bad things always happening to good people". Also, NINE-NINE!
Exactly Three Pills
So if I make it pass 7 days will I some more of them to keep going !;=]]
Don't Touch It Then
yeah. mine would be more like 'Then don't do that. I'll send you to the therapist, so they can help you with that psychological problem," and then be like, "that'll be 140".
Load More Replies...My dog’s vet charges $60 to take a tick out. I know exactly what you’re thinking but my dog has issues.
Right. Cuz you don't have pliers to crush the tick. Gratis.
Load More Replies...Same here, but we pay taxes. So HC is not really for free, but free for everyone (tourists too).
Load More Replies...My doctor actually said this to me once. Not the $60 part, but told me not to raise my arm if it hurt. I had bicep tendonitis.
It's a bad doctor. You should move it but in a right way. Go to a phisiotherapist, osteopate or kinesiologist.
Load More Replies...Patient; Doc, it hurts in these two places. Doc; then don't go to those places
Veiny Arms
I think that needs a serious puncture. Now. Just throw needles at it until it stops..
as a person with apparently 0% veins in any part of my body, and in frequent need of IV therapies, i can totally understand that!!! :D
That's an arm familiar with steroids. You really want a straight vein, not a twisty-turny vein.
Unfortunately I have had a lot of ivs, blood tests, etc. Nurses are always complimenting my veins so I totally get this!
Nurse Jokes
I"m going to print this and frame it and give it to a certain doctor of mine lol
What's with all the waiting? Furthermore, why even make an appointment if you're going to make me wait anyway?
If your room smells like something died, the Dr. will be in so he can charge a consultation fee, run a lot of test and poke the hell out of you. That's why hospital fees are so high
Or stand out in the hallway giving dirty looks to anyone that walks by... that works too..eventually.
Okay, this is so true though I've waited in hospitals for up to 5 hours waiting okay maybe not that long over an hour which is still a long time and it feels forever. the lesson never goes into the hospital for an appointment without being armed for entertainment.
Drawing Blood
P: So what did the blood tests conclude doctor? D: I should have taken art instead.
Sorry doc my blood doesn't look like that it is a little more BLUE than red so now what ?;-=]
Doctors do not draw blood, or start IV's, unless desperate, or understaffed.
Oh, come on! I understand not finding funny the ones about death, cancer, amputation and other serious aruff, but drawing blood is literally harmless! (Even I say so! Me, who had complications after a nurse's mistake who stabbed my vein from both sides...) seriously... Tsk Tsk Tsk
Load More Replies...Perfect Coincidence
this one actually happened to me. One of my exes dad died when my ex was 1. All of his family are capricorns except his dad... who was a cancer :/ edit: I did laugh im not tryna make this about me
My mom just died of brain cancer and I find this - HILARIOUS!!!! :)
So you are trying to tell me what you got it wrong on my blood so what is it ? ;=]\]
Rather unfortunate that a zodiac sign and a common disease have the same name.
I'm a Cancerian and I don't mind. We do tend to grow on people...
Load More Replies...Who Needs Doctors Anyway
Is there actually a family on the planet that looks like that? That's the happy family you get when both your parents are models, you've won the powerball for a record amount, cancer has been cured, you've just gotten a puppy and two kittens, and world peace has been achieved.
I disagree. Useful stuff is there, it is just hard to distill out of all the garbage.
Load More Replies...Um, no, they're not doing fine. Being allergic is one thing, saying some people are "fine" without them is stupid beyond common sense.
Load More Replies...Is He Sick?
No you can become the President of the United States just like they had back in 2018 humm what was his name oh yea TRUMP !;=]]
Just A Scratch
Well Then
Am I the only one who heard the bredhftb crash weird sound at the end?
Somehow, I know exactly what you mean.
Load More Replies...Mine hurts when lying down, not when I'm up. Doctor - ???? That's weird Me - Thanks
This reminds me of a crappy advertising in TV... wir-kaufen-dein-auto.de...
Then go away. You are being very judgemental for someone with that name.
Load More Replies...Surprise!
Reminds me of the "You can't get pregnant at night coz the sperm is sleeping"
OMG I've never heard that one! I've also proved it wrong at least twice - my girls are 19 & 20 now...
Load More Replies...I wonder if this is based on an actual conversation. Sounds like an incidence of YCMTSU (You Can't Make This Sh*t Up)
You can never surprise the bacteria, they always surprise you! :0
About To Go Viral
Yes son, mommy' San idiot, and you're screwwwed....
Load More Replies...What the hell are this two trying to say about me that I didn't get my INSTAGRAM !? ;=]]
and then the pregnant new Mom has a deformed child because kid gave her the measles too
Identify The Nerve
my dad used to call me George all the time. I'm a girl. Now, I wonder if I got on his nerves....
Load More Replies...Light Pressure
true... my brother is older, over 30 and he still lives in my parents basement xD
Really I thought it was going to be something really bad you were going to tell me like my neck won't heal right :+}}
Yeah, you'll feel a little stick, the checks in the mail, and I'll still love you in the morning. Take your pick.
You forgot I'm from the government and I'm here to help you as well as I promise I won't come in your mouth
Load More Replies...Funny Doctors Jokes
I had this happen at an office. My sons appointment was at 11am..after being placed in a room immediately and told the doctor would be in shortly...I waited..and waited..and waited. By 12:30pm, no doctor, no nurse, no one came to check on us. I ended up going to the nurses station to tell them I will have to reschedule. They said "Oh..he got a flat tire on the way in..he's a little behind." I said "No offense, but no one bothered to come in and tell me that and my ESP is a little off today. I could have been in there clutching my chest from a heart attack or having a stroke and none of you would have been the wiser. As it stands, I am diabetic and haven't eaten in over 6 hours. I need to reschedule." The doctor finally appeared and I told him that I was tired of waiting and that we'd have to reschedule. He got upset that I wasn't willing to "cooperate." When I lodged a complaint with the office management, they sent a letter saying my son and I weren't welcome back. A**hole
That's appalling! You had a good reason! Flat tire was probably a lie anyway. I can put up with the waiting if they tell me in when I arrive, or during the wait, that I will be waiting and give an approx time the doctor will arrive. I had an appointment at 2pm once and watched the doctor I was going to see stride up and down the corridor chatting and asking the other doctors 'how are you?'. Made me cross that he kept me waiting for no good reason.
Load More Replies...To be fair, I have friends who are doctors and I asked them about this. This often means that someone died earlier that day, and it threw the rest of the schedule off.
I sat in a doctor's office with them while their computer crashed and she tried to get it sorted. She then said to the receptionist 'tell the waiting patients I'm sorry for delay but a baby died'. Just saying what genuinely happened.
Load More Replies...with no shame, I will legit change doctors if this becomes a habit. I hate it when professionals aren't punctual.
The reason as to why Doctors wants us to wait is because we are PATIENT.
It Looks Like
I just sent this one to my husband. He’s going to be mad, because it’s true! Lol
My favorite. Can I send to my pregnant husband.? Better not, don't want sleep on the couch tonight. 🤣
But not all of you is a male we told you not to go out at nite weird things do happen in the full moon ;=]]
OmGosh! I saw a man last weekend that seriously looked 9months preggo and ready to pop as soon as that baby dropped (little feller was still riding high!). Looked exactly like what my friend who had just had her baby should be looking like if she hadn't had her baby yet-due any second!
I had a phlebotomist say that to me and I looked at him like he had three heads and 20 eyes
High School vs. Med School
Showed this to my Dr. He's my opthalmologist. Still laughing. Wants a print for his office
What Do You See
Now I'm going to be tempted to say this next time I go and get my eyes checked.
Doctor: Put your chin on the bar there. Me: All of them? Caught doctor completely off guard.
Load More Replies...Ouch, unnecessary! Right well...your eyes are s**t!! ...Actually they're quite beautiful
Lol I'm a virgin too!!! And My mom wants me to see her MALE doctor to check stuf (-_-)
Hmm... It ought to be the DOCTOR that says “A virgin in HER 40’s”... Otherwise the joke makes no sense!
Horsepills
I thought it was Steve Martin at first glance, so this comment confirmed, but then I realized I’m just blind.
Load More Replies...You can also chew them if you prefer. Although they do taste like rotting goblin p**s.
That's the most accurate description of what pills taste like that I've heard in a long time, tbh.
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But Doc how about the other big one you were going to give to me will that help me also ? ;=]]
Patience
I once replied to a doctor at a specialist rooms when he said, "Sorry about the wait." (over 45 minutes.) "That's ok, I had time to draw up my will and write my funeral plans." He looked at me blankly. No sense of humour that guy.
I saw one of these where it was like this: Therapist: srry to keep ya waiting. Person: no that’s ok I’m pretty PATIENT :D. Doctor: ok today we’re gonna work on how you use puns to hide your anger.
Q: Why do doctors have to keep their tempers? A: They can't loose patience!
Funny Doctors Jokes
Depends, I got a girl at work who spent her whole life in heels and now she can't wear flat footwear, because ther feet are mishaped. So she would hurt tremendously while wearing snickers :D
Load More Replies...You're actually not allowed to wear high heels into surgical rooms in most hospitals because of the risks such as falling and in close quarters with knives and a sleeping patient do I need to explain.
Dr. Windell Davis-Boutte in surgery about to film her latest rap video. ... Wonder if she ended those videos by yelling "Cut!"
I saw 2 Doctors wearing heels at Cedars-Sinai hospital a couple of years ago!
Health Insurance
True story. Doctor: "You need cataract surgery. That'll cost about $8000." Friend: "I don't have health insurance." Doctor: "Oh, well, in that case, it'll cost about $500."
The reasons: 1) They're taking a certain amount on the chin, 2) Insurance does pay that billed amount (insurance and Medicare invented that game, not the doctors), and 3) That reduction partly reflects the 'Oh thank God, we don't have to fight insurance over this' discount.
Load More Replies...True story: head-on motor vehicle accident at 35 MPH. Airbags deploy, head injury, ambulance to the hospital. Had 2 doctors and 5 nurses in my room, orders flying about, and then registration showed up. Everyone (and I mean all the doctors and nurses) fell silent when I told the registrar that I didn't have insurance. Slowly, they all found reasons to leave the room. Orders were quietly cancelled. The Physicians Assistant came in, put 5 staples to close the head wound (with no anesthetic), and I was walked (!) to the door of the hospital and left to fend for myself. This is the reality of health care in the US without insurance. I have migraine headaches now, and my doctor thinks it's due to this injury.
I’m curious to know where that was. In the several US hospitals I’ve worked over the years you’ll get the same care whatever your insurance is. I personally don’t even look. I just hand the billing to my people and hope for the best. OTOH, since Obamacare became the law of the land, you were legally required to get insurance but apparently you didn’t. And now you’re complaining about the consequences. But let me introduce you to another places. I’ve been in countries of the former Soviet Union. Go to the hospital and DREAM of 2 doctors and 5 nurses seeing you. Dream of one doctor seeing you without a bribe. Go try and have a baby without bribing the nurse and the doctor both. They’ll leave you in the hall to have it yourself. But then they’ll brag about the low low “official” cost of having that baby. Also, that one doctor who sees you after the bribe? How good is he or she? I’ve met people who quit being doctors to become secretaries because of the pay.
Load More Replies...In US, roads are free, schools are free, fire trucks at a burning house are free... Oh wait! That's all paid for by _taxes_! Universal healthcare in the US is not scary--it would just be an extension of what we already have in our country, infrastructure provided by taxes!
Load More Replies...Since my health insurance at work doesn’t cover vision (go figure), last year I paid $150 out of pocket for my eye exam. This year I decided to pay for vision insurance. Went to the doctor for the same exam and insurance was billed $270. Hmmm.
when i didn't have insurance i was required to pay the bill in full. insurance gets billed 1000 pays 85 and the biller smiles and says thank you.
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No doctor's ever made such eye contact or shaken my hand this way. Stock photo!
Sorry guy but let me know if there is anything else that I can help you with ;=]]
Sorry for the messed up message previously. Many doctors do reduce fees for patients who need a surgery but have no insurance. I don't think hospitals do that though. However, hospitals and staff doctors do work on patients who have no insurance and no money at all. They just don't get paid even if it's a four-hour surgery.
Load More Replies...That is because when the doc charges $8000, the insurance pays $500...
All Right
hMmMmMm... not assuming genders here... but that’s looks like a girlie to me not a boyo
Did you hear about the guy who was in a horrible accident and lost his left arm and leg? He's all right now.
Bad News
SO just keep doing what you have doing lately but a hell of alot faster ;=]]
Good Handwriting
Once met a doctor who had a very neat handwriting, I gave her a very puzzled look when I saw her note and she just replied "people always look at me like that when they see my writing"
I am a doctor and pharmacies used to call to verify prescriptions because of my excellent handwriting.
Load More Replies...I presume the 2 errors were intentional for comic effect? I didn't laugh.
I hate to say it, but I don't think they were intentional.
Load More Replies...It’s a proven fact that the worse your handwriting is, the smarter you are. Sadly, I have really nice handwriting! 😭
There is a reason to why doctors handwriting usually is unreadable. When they go through medschool they have to write fast during the lectures in order to get all information. So they develope a kind of stenographic style only they can interpret. Even the nurses curses their writing! 😂
Sad but true, every med specialist goes from there.
Load More Replies...Guess he didn't sign up for horrible handwriting 101 in med school
Proving Them Wrong
Guy i knew was diagnosed w/stage IV terminal cancer with less than 3 months to live by UCLA med center - so he went for 2nd opinion to Stanford. Same diagnosis. He went to Tijuana, had laetrile therapy and lived happily ever after - well for another 40 years without cancer anyway....
You know what I get annoyed at? When people come in to a post like these where it is obviously meant, to be taken with a light heart, and to try and laugh at our troubles. Then a joke like this comes along, and they say something like, "This isn't funny this is terrible." I am like... duh that's the point. Take a breath and realize these thing may actually happen. Thats why it sucks, and it is funny.
Insurance Should Cover It
Are You Seeing Someone
16 Hour Shifts
Once I went for a 72h straight shift. Couldnt bare the sunlight afterwards. Everything was funny to look at, even stoplights
These sorts of managers that roster shifts like this should have a very special place in Hell.
Load More Replies...16? LOL. That's just a long day. Being on call is more like 36-40. At least it used to be.
Medical students used to routinely have to do 72hr shifts. I think (hope) they’re not allowed to be told to work for that long now.
Load More Replies...Don't Go There Then
Dermatologist's Nemesis
Guy in the bottom centre with the watermark looks like he’s air bending
I've never seen a furious dermatologist, mind you I haven't even seen a mildly anxious one either..
She's still ugly. I don't think the real dermatologists are very worried.
Pleasant Conversation
How Was It?
In the UK they are done by pathologists who are doctors who have specialised in this area.
Load More Replies...A Complicated Case
How it feels being a patient with lupus. Also, you have several times where you have been terrified to realize you are the smartest person in the room...when a group of attendings and other doctors are in there too.
Well then dip s**t go back an find the book so we both can look for it ;=]]
He's Not With Us Anymore
@Animallover if you feed the trolls they will get bigger. So don't feed the trolls.
Load More Replies...Blood Test
Reminds me of the blonde who was told she would have to get a blood test, so she boned up for it.
Funny Doctors Memes
Reminds me of a cartoon I saw where doctors were picketing and people said, we need to get a pharmacist here to read the signs
Infectious Disease
If ever you are in the hospital, insist that people wash their hands before they touch you. ANYBODY - especially doctors.
Do It Twice
If you crossed him with Christian Slater, maybe. If you turned off the light, definitely!
Load More Replies...All Hail Wikipedia
My specialist actually used wikipedia to look up my weird rare disease. He said to me, "Wow! I learn something new every day." Didn't really inspire confidence.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Figured out from the internet that I probably had a cyst in my wrist but I wanted to be sure (because I sure as s**t don't know these things), and when I got to the doctor, she basically told me, "Well if you already know what it is, what do you want /me/ to do about it?"
Well this also could explain Drake's ability to write good music, too, it's even funnier.
"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." - Mark Twain
I regret I didn't search for the symptoms on internet. I'll regret it forever.
We need to take symptoms seriously when they first show up, too.
Load More Replies...I have worked alongside pharmaceutical companies who were very interested in the medicine working and the patient getting better. a) because the person doing the research had people in the family with the disease (often a powerful motivator) and also some really did just care b) if a drug is successful then it will be purchased and the company can move on to improving it or developing other drugs. The costs are caused by people at the top being paid too much, of course, but also by the research and development costs for new drugs being astronomical. There are companies in it just for the money but really it isn't all.
Load More Replies...Medical Bills
Sorry that your mother was in so much pain. Awful. However, you could have given that information up front. It isn't exactly fair to tell people to hear the story first before criticising when you didn't take the opportunity to tell them the full story first. With more information it is clear your mother was in a lot of pain and they needed to investigate this - assuming they didn't know at the start that she had the gall stones? So was the price literally for the Advil alone or were there costs for investigating the cause of her pain? Not that I doubt that a pill would cost silly money. In the UK when I've been told I needed a stronger version of a drug that I could buy over the counter at the pharmacy they just tell me to buy the cheaper version at the pharmacy and take more of them until I reach the dosage they would have prescribed me.
Load More Replies...All too true. This is why you should examine your medical bill - and don't be afraid to dispute any charges.
This existing thing is always the funniest. Mr. Krabs can be such an a*s. :'D
There are oncology nurses who give little kids a teddy bear after chemo hospitalizes them - and it cost the parents TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!! In Georgia a couple years ago a guy was bit by a rattler-knew you can get antivenom for about $900 on ebay. He ended up w/2 shots - his bill was OVER $85,000!!!!! On the other hand an survival expert with herbal knowledge was 4 days from any way to get out, no cell signal (or phone) and climbing a cliff when a rattlesnake bit his hand. NOT a dry bite. He climbed down to the creek, chewed plantain and put it on the bite as a poultice - it turned black in 20-30 minutes. He also chewed it up and swallowed/ate it. After 24 hours his hand was okay. Why? Because your connective tissue is held together with hyaluronic acid and pit vipers, brown recluse spiders and black widows have an enzyme - hyaluronase that ruins the acid and dissolves YOU. The plantain (comfrey too) stops this process AND has phytochemicals which stimulate new cell replication.
Oh - he kept changing the black poultices - sorry to forget that part above.
Load More Replies...Lucky Chance
I just finished an EMT class. One of the things we learned is that ambulances handle like big, top-heavy box trucks with terrible suspensions that are filled with fragile things like EMTs and patients. And rolling your ambulance over is negatively correlated with patient outcome. The things handle terribly, have no visibility, and are driven pretty much constantly. Also, most other drivers seem unable to see giant box trucks with flashing lights and sirens on them, and most EMT fatalities happen when you're going through a red light with lights and sirens on and someone fails to notice that fact and T-bones you. Most NON-fatal career-ending injuries happen when you lift with your back instead of your legs.
"rolling your ambulance over is negatively correlated with patient outcome"... I enjoyed that, thanks.
Load More Replies...People are way too distracted these days, all the time, not just while driving..
In Georgia there is now a hands-free law. You can't even touch your smart phone while driving. I appreciate the idea, although IMHO the law does go a bit overboard. Does this mean I can get pulled over for just making sure that my smart phone isn't overheating?
Load More Replies...Really cause it would of taken much longer for the fire dept to get here an you guys are alot nicer , wow you are really going to fix my bike too ! COOL ;=]]
Funny Doctors Memes
Good News And Bad News
That's the old dude who only had 24 hrs to live & got the news a day late, now he's gonna loose his legs. What a drag
It's a stock photo, probably used the same models
Load More Replies...if you don't like it please don't view this thread. you're ruining this for everyone else
Load More Replies...You're On Your Own
Me too. Fructose intolerance. But I wish I could. I'm a doctor magnet! :(
Load More Replies...this was funny but who goes on the phone and says "HELP IM DYING mm this apple is deLICious!"
Not That Many, Thanks
This one's it. I finally laughed out loud with this one! Thanks, Dad....
I said I need A doctor only one what don't you understand young lady just one !;=]]
Peace Is Coming
Ask my husband and he will back this meme up! Moahahaha! 😈
Load More Replies...DAMN I really thought he said my wife's sister or was it mother in law , brother in law what one was it now just can't remember now I know it is someone I know ? ;=]]
Funny Doctors Memes
OK there doc I will see ya at 11: 00 am then !;=]] smart a*s doc I will show him who is the boss ;=]]
For anyone who doesn't understand 13:45 is 1:45pm and 22:00 is 10:00pm
Yep! Makes scheduling errors in the computer systems less common!
Load More Replies...Simple Answer
Well then maybe I should like a few more teams then right doc right my son few more cheerleaders !;=]]
Call Me An Ambulance
Why you know you are going to die any second now an I don't want to paid the bill on a false call LOL =]
Parallel Lines
what? lol, just wait until the real world hits ya. school was all fun and games.
Load More Replies...Not You Though
Mine too. Practices painful contractions every month... forgot how to contract when giving birth.
Load More Replies...The appendix is helpful for detecing pathogens near the intestines. Give it a hug!
I'm very glad my uterus is gone, it caused me nothing but problems.
Oh how I wish I could pull my heart out. A large reason for me liking vampire diaries was coz they could kill.
Hurting The Feels
NO NO you are so wrong just because you never got a DAMN thing doesn't mean I didn't get stuff from him you were just a BRAT when you were little :+}}
Healthy As A Horse
who got late information about 24 hr to live, loosing both legs now this, maybe he could get a second opinion poor guy
Well, I Told You So
Again, Tiny Dynamine..... Don’t read this frikkin article if you don’t like it stop ruining the joke
Meh. All I see is T.D. is too stupid to understand.
Load More Replies...Funny Doctors Memes
What Should We Call It
Men cause frustration. Which sounds like 'menstruation'. Therefore, men are the cause of our periods. Just like our frustration.
Load More Replies...How about calling it I don't have to FUC- ya for a week now that sounds even better to me ;=]]
Small Pinch
Well they are all wrong, so the difference doesn't matter
Load More Replies...Very Positive Tests
I actually saw someone on Facebook thinking that her HIV test being positive was a good thing.
So you are telling me now doc I got H I V from someone on FACEBOOK , HOLY COW how do I tell my other half , she is always on FACEBOOK too ;=]]
Well at least it's been proven since the 80s that HIV does NOT = AIDS. If you swallow the propaganda/mainstream stuff read Duesberg - WHY WE WILL NEVER WIN THE WAR AGAINST AIDS. Has actual logic and facts in it, lol.
An Apple A Day
Living life on the edge. The adrenalinerush is probably like coffee
Load More Replies...Med School
This is how I feel when I'm on a diet. Instead of med school say diet and food is happiness, yes I am fat thanks for asking.
I'd be far more worried about having a deformed head
Just Like My Cell Phone
I was thinking Wayne Newton...but, yeah. I see it!
Load More Replies...So that's means you to good, I thought it was something really bad cause doc you really look worse than me maybe you should take my meds instead I really don't mine ;=]]
How Much You Slept
If it's every night through eight years of med school, I'd say, "yeah, it did".
Load More Replies...OH is that all, so I can go back to partying again if I just get 15 minutes of sleep cool doc thanks ;=]]
A Rare Disease
Nope, mine says, Please leave, all too complicated. Or at least pay me more money, then it is a good disease.
Same! That has been my experience as well, "Your health problems are too complex. You should go to the Mayo Clinic." For routine blood work?!?
Load More Replies...When your parents are Christian doctors so the “Thanking God only” memes don’t make sense... dw, we always make sure to thank the doctors as well. After all, they did perform the operation
Well, some religious people don't give the doctor any credit.
Load More Replies...Ha! Didn't know dark humour was allowed here :P While normally I'm not a big fan of it, some of those made me laugh out loud and it does actually make a refreshing break from all the "and it went viral" "and the pictures will change your life forever" "it will make your heart beat faster" "people can't believe their eyes" "the internet is in awe" etc around here. Dark humour has its place as long as it's not intentionally malicious and you don't take it too seriously.
This is spot on. I appreciate you taking the time to put this out there. Everyone sees things in their own way, and some see this as just completely inappropriate, but it is not done with malice. If there is no malice and it can help someone laugh about the problems they have then it is dark humor. Sometimes dark humor helps. Others it doesn't.
Load More Replies...These are jokes, people! If you don't like jokes, Don't read memes!
Some good ones but if a BP employee wrote the untagged ones, don't lower yourself to appeal to knuckleheads with that textspeak and poor use of English. I come here because it's actually got some substance. Thanks.
I feel like I have permission to laugh at these because of my medical problems...
When your parents are Christian doctors so the “Thanking God only” memes don’t make sense... dw, we always make sure to thank the doctors as well. After all, they did perform the operation
Well, some religious people don't give the doctor any credit.
Load More Replies...Ha! Didn't know dark humour was allowed here :P While normally I'm not a big fan of it, some of those made me laugh out loud and it does actually make a refreshing break from all the "and it went viral" "and the pictures will change your life forever" "it will make your heart beat faster" "people can't believe their eyes" "the internet is in awe" etc around here. Dark humour has its place as long as it's not intentionally malicious and you don't take it too seriously.
This is spot on. I appreciate you taking the time to put this out there. Everyone sees things in their own way, and some see this as just completely inappropriate, but it is not done with malice. If there is no malice and it can help someone laugh about the problems they have then it is dark humor. Sometimes dark humor helps. Others it doesn't.
Load More Replies...These are jokes, people! If you don't like jokes, Don't read memes!
Some good ones but if a BP employee wrote the untagged ones, don't lower yourself to appeal to knuckleheads with that textspeak and poor use of English. I come here because it's actually got some substance. Thanks.
I feel like I have permission to laugh at these because of my medical problems...
