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Topic Started: Apr 28 2018, 05:23 AM (215 Views)
George K
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Imposter Doctor

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A 19-year-old man with no medical training whatsoever managed to fool the staff at one of the most prestigious medical institutions in India into thinking that he was a doctor just by hanging out with real doctors and wearing a face mask and stethoscope.

No one knows exactly why Adnan Khurram decided to impersonate a junior resident at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, but he somehow managed to do it for five months. Despite lacking any medical training or qualifications, and not showing up on the institute’s payroll, the 19-year-old had become quite involved in hospital politics, participated in various events there and even posed as Dr. Adnan Khurram on Instagram.

“He would roam around wearing the lab coat and stethoscope all the time,” Harjit Singh, president of the hospital’s resident doctor’s association, told the Hindustan Times. “We found out that he had made different claims to different doctors. To some, he would claim that he was a junior resident doctor while to junior resident doctors, he would introduce himself as an undergraduate medical student. He had even made his way to the WhatsApp groups.”
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Axtremus
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From the report, it appears he did not try to treat anyone, so at least no patient was harmed.
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taiwan_girl
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It is amazing that if you look like you know what you are doing and look like you belong, most people will not question you.
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Aqua Letifer
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taiwan_girl
Apr 28 2018, 11:30 AM
It is amazing that if you look like you know what you are doing and look like you belong, most people will not question you.
Yep. Act as if.

You can get away with a LOT of **** that way.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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George K
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Aqua Letifer
Apr 28 2018, 02:10 PM
taiwan_girl
Apr 28 2018, 11:30 AM
It is amazing that if you look like you know what you are doing and look like you belong, most people will not question you.
Yep. Act as if.

You can get away with a LOT of shit that way.
As I used to tell my residents: "If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit."
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George K
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Oh, read "Catch Me, If You Can." It's a fun read!
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- Klaus, 4/29/18
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MainerMikeBrown
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This young man took wanting to pretend to be a real doctor to another level.

If only he could set his mind to something legitimately good.
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Axtremus
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“Act like you own the place.”
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Horace
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The far-reaching principle, if I may judge, is to dress for the job you want.
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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Copper
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Sure, clothes make the man.
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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George K
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Apr 28 2018, 05:24 PM
Sure, clothes make the man.
"Clothes make the man.

Naked people have little or no influence in society"


- Mark Twin
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