It's easy to condemn people like this, in an unaccredited institution, and just the one rogue doctor with a few PA's and nurses.

However, I work with thousands of surgeons in various fields that relates to various medical associations. This happens on a regular basis.

For instance, I call the doctor back or we have a conference call scheduled and sometimes I hear the distinct beeps in the background. The first time this happened, I realized what it was - a heart monitor. I ask if they're in surgery and they say yes and one of the nurses is holding up the phone near their face on speaker. It's become my policy to reschedule the call when they're done and they're often bit surprised when I ask. It's like I'm the one being rude when I want them to focus on the patient.

These doctors are accredited, work in accredited institutions, and have decades of experience.

Thankfully they don't post videos of themselves singing on YouTube but many do record the surgeries which are shared with others for educational reasons. Sometimes there's a media release form but often there isn't because the patients face isn't seen. Heck, the videos I've seen as mostly their insides open and it's the actual operation. Various facts are shared such as age, gender, and ethnicity (if relevant). It's unlikely that the patient is even aware that these videos were recorded, shared, and part of my job is to spread this knowledge to other surgeons to improve healthcare.

You can see how this standard procedure can spiral out of control and turn into this.

Surgeons don't see patients like we do. To us, a patient is ourselves, our family member, or someone we care about. A surgeon can't get personally involved - they're there to do the job and move on. If the patient has a complication or dies, the surgeon can't dwell on it or it'll risk their future patients.

I'm not saying this in defense of her, I'm just trying to help people understand that the general idea of playing music in the OR, people cracking jokes, lightening the mood, recording, and talking to people outside of immediate medical staff isn't that abnormal. This doctor just went too far.