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SPOOKY: Do Ghosts Really Perform Surgery?

Posted on October 01, 2008

Ever heard the phrase 'ghost surgery'? It can be a very scary topic. Ghost surgery exists whenever an individual performing an operation is not the same person that the patient expected to be wielding the scapel. In some busy practices the patient is led to believe (let's simply say 'underinformed') that their hotshot superstar surgeon will perform the procedure. Hotshots often charge more than what is covered by insurance and patients are willing to pay the difference in order to benefit from Dr. Hotshot's advanced skills and experience. Sadly, Dr. Nobody may actually operate on the unknowing...

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