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  • I watched a documentary about swapped twins in Colombia The Accidental Twins.

    2 sets of identical twins born in 1988, one pair in rural La Paz and one pair in Bogota. One of the La Paz babies wasn’t well and was sent to a hospital in the capital, where the mistake happened.

    They grow up as fraternal twins, because they are not very much alike. 20+ years later they somehow run into each other through friends.
    Imagine someone tells you “Hey, I met this guy who looks exactly like you” and you check out this guys social media and there are pictures of the guy, looking like you with another guy that looks exactly like your twin brother.

    Seriously, such a wild story. Super interesting and heartbreaking at times.


  • Once upon a time, I was working briefly in a catholic hospital, a childrens and ob/gyn no less.
    As I started there, I was looking for the standards of care. All of my other workplaces had folders and folders of these standards outlining common tasks and problems in the field and how to treat them. A common tool of quality management.

    The only one I found was on how employees should act and behave in case of accusations of mistreatment and sexual abuse. Against anyone affiliated with the hospital or church. Who is to speak to involved parties and press and what employees are (not) allowed to say and do. Nothing about how to treat or help the patient. Only about keeping harm away from the institution.

    Should have left right then and there. But I only made it 6 months anyways.








  • norimee@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzDonors
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    1 month ago

    This exactly. If you really want to stay anonymous then use a middleman and do it anonymous to the recipient as well.

    Everyone involved with the institution, students, parents who pay tuition, teachers, authorities who financially support the institution (…) have a right to know in whose pocket they are.