Your life in their hands

[Paddy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-58116324

An eight-week trial heard Metwally, an NHS anaesthetist and chronic pain specialist, believed Ms Wilson was possessed supernatural spirits known as jinns.

He believed there were a number of the entities "hiding" inside his partner, the court heard, and that he had to remove them by reciting verses of the Koran and placing holy water and oils on her skin.

[vetran]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-58116324

ah properly nutty, who thinks being a doctor prevents people being nuts?

[NotAllThere]

ah properly nutty, who thinks being a doctor prevents people being nuts?

One of my friends told me that when he got the diagnosis of being bipolar, his psychiatrist said. "Don't worry. I'm bipolar and have a great time".

You are right. Paddy presents an inverse false expert logical fallacy. A false expert logical fallacy is like when a physics Nobel Prize winner starts pontificating on immunology. In this case, being a credulous loony () does not preclude being a great anaesthesiologist. Especially as no one actually knows how anaesthesia actually works...

Case in point: https://forums.contractoruk.com/gene...-collapse.html Blaster Bates is quite smart in other areas.

[xoggoth]

One of my friends told me that when he got the diagnosis of being bipolar, his psychiatrist said. "Don't worry. I'm bipolar and have a great time".

Probably would have said the opposite on another day.

[d000hg]

You would hope someone wouldn't get to work in that field if their beliefs stopped them doing what they'd been trained to, though. For instance there are GPs who think Covid is a hoax or the vaccine is dangerous.

I noticed this focused on his partner which implies nothing to suggest he didn't do his job properly, though is a little concerning.

[BR14]

All god-botherers are fecking crazy.
'nuff said.

[jayn200]

That's really scary. I hope they do a full review of all his patients who have died.

It's extra scary because you don't get to choose your anaesthetist... you likely don't even know their name... and you could have some wackjob like this working on you who doesn't even believe in science.

[Paddy]

You would hope someone wouldn't get to work in that field if their beliefs stopped them doing what they'd been trained to, though. For instance there are GPs who think Covid is a hoax or the vaccine is dangerous.

I noticed this focused on his partner which implies nothing to suggest he didn't do his job properly, though is a little concerning.

Would you trust him to be your anaesthetist?

[Eirikur]

Also in the private sector there are nutters ( as contractor I don't deal much with the NHS) Some years ago one consultant £100 per 20 minutes , adviced me to take homeopathic medicine, I walked out right away.

[d000hg]

Would you trust him to be your anaesthetist?

IME you don't want to know about your medical expert's personal life. They're just people so there's every chance they are hungover, distracted by a looming divorce, socialist, etc...