A man stroked the inner thighs and genitals of a woman who lay unconscious on a table. “I bet she's enjoying this,” he said with a wink and a laugh.
The scenario would be disturbing under any circumstances, but even more so when you know this: The man was a surgeon, and the woman was the patient he was prepping for a vaginal hysterectomy.
Though the doctor's actions were a necessary part of prepping for the procedure — cleansing and scrubbing with cotton balls — his astonishing comment while doing so was seared into the brain of a medical student who was in the operating room.