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Med School Students Punished Over YouTube Video Poking Fun at Poor, Hispanic Patients

Posted on April 19, 2011 at 6:04am by Scott Baker
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It was a controversial video that poked fun at poor people and Hispanics who use the county hospital system in Houston.

Now we’ve learned 2 medical students at Baylor College of Medicine will soon face disciplinary action for a YouTube performance called “All The Ben Taub Patients ”.

Those students performed before a crowd at a Baylor event where they proclaimed some teen mothers were on the third child and not yet 18. Baylor began an investigation after FOX 26 brought the video to the school’s attention.

The school issued a statement, which reads in part:

BCM has ongoing efforts to promote professionalism in its students, faculty and staff. Patient privacy and respect are guiding principles for all members of the BCM team, from beginning students to faculty leaders. It is a privilege to be given the opportunity to care for patients and a responsibility that we as physicians and trainees take seriously in our profession.

This type of inappropriate behavior is not consistent with our philosophy or professional standards and we will work to ensure that the issue of professionalism is front and center for our entire community. We apologize for the behavior of the students involved and take responsibility for assuring that this type of conduct does not happen at our institution in the future.

The same station previously reported on the controversial video:

== Some Say Video Offensive to Hispanics ==

The YouTube video appears to have been posted by medical students from Baylor College of Medicine.

It’s called “All the Ben Taub Patients”. Those who have seen the video say it’s offensive to Hispanics and poor people who use the county-funded hospital. We’re told the routine occurred during a Baylor Halloween event.

En espanol, tiene dolor?/
Hope I understand what you say …

But when you flipped, my left hand slipped/
You can’t get mad at me/
If you don‘t like it you should’ve got insurance/
Crashed your car while under the influence …

“I always thought you had better respect for your patients,” [James] Williams said.

== Lack of Sensitivity to Patients ==

Williams has a relative at Ben Taub. It’s the hospital the women targeted in their musical performance.

He said the video shows a lack of sensitivity and caring patients expect from future doctors.

“I kind of recognize that (elitism). I think that’s a big problem in society you thought we got pass all that and apparently we have not,” said Williams.

Mom’s a teen/
Third kid at 18/
Baby slip, you can’t get mad at me …

Your healthcare is provided by med students/
It‘s okay if you ain’t got insurance/
Across the street you may not stand a chance/
But Baylor’s got some damn good med students…

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Comments (87)

My2
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:36am
So the med students DON‘T have patients who can’t speak English or have 3 babies by the age of 18 and that’s why they are being disciplined, right?
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Retired Soldier
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:34am
I’m Hispanic, and I’m NOT offended. I’m also from Houston and Ben Taub hospital is the worst hospital there. We avoid it at all costs. They really god at patching up gunshot wounds there on the other hand.
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:18am
Free speech.
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Chilloften
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:35am
I like the truth exposed. Its’s only correct!
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Charles
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:24am
These hard working med students who spend most of their waking hours studying are expected to be perfectly happy being care giving slaves to thieving ignorant illegals who spend their time as parasites on our increasingly economically crippled society.
This reaction should be expected at some point. It is also growing increasingly clear that at some point it will become necessary to turn these parasitic thieves away when they show up at hospitals expecting to be waited on hand and foot by the people paying their way.
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- MrsNix
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:01am
  Oh, Charles…you KNOW you only think that because you’re racist. Don’t get yourself all kerfluffled with facts. Just…you know…TOLERATE, Man.
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Nervous Investor
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:21am
This video put a smile on my face.
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Nervous Investor
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:20am
Multi talented students !!!! They did well !!!!! BTW what is wrong with the truth? The Administration needs to get a life already.
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Gonzo
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:12am
“the video shows a lack of sensitivity” Yea buddy, the truth often lacks sensitivity.
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hightide
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:09am
So much for bed side manor. Doctors, and med students, are held to a higher standard. There are plenty of ways to be funny without making fun of your clients.
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- dmforman
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:28am
  Sometimes the truth hurts. This is true and it is not politically correct, but it is really what is happening and needs to be stopped.
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- Rayblue
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 3:01pm
  Doctors and Med students see death most every day.
  It’s hard enough to keep practicing their profession without some kind of stimulation.
  Humor is the most gentle way I’ve seen as opposed to what they could turn to.
  Give a break to these life savers in lab coats.
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Yes a ConsvNY Mother
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:03am
I thought it was ingenious and quite funny. It’s just a bunch of students blowing off steam. Can‘t say it’s not true!!
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- Charbet
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:14am
  We can sure be made to pay these illegals’ hospital bills though, right?! Pay them and like it, or else!!!
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Soldier_FORTHERECORD
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:02am
Ummm…. so it’s ok for Joy Behar or Jon Stewart or any other liberal hack to perform satirical comedy, but not anyone else? I’m done the PC bullcrap.
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ceolas
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:51am
I watched the video, read the lyrics they sang. and what I saw were students satirizing the hypocrisy and fraud of the illegal alien lobby that will now attempt to make hay of this. The DUI driver who makes free with his hands on a female doctor when she’s examining him, and then threatens her when she gets angry, that she can’t get mad at him, because he‘s ’special’, or the illegal alien teen mother, who neglects her kids. If a citizen child is injured, their citizen parents are grilled about the injury, but illegal alien teen mommy gets to threaten the doctor examining the child and asking the same questions of her, that you can’t get mad at me, I’m special, I’ll file a lawsuit. I don’t blame these medical students for speaking out against the gross hypocrisy and fraud being perpetuated, what they witness on a daily basis.
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otmonger
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:50am
Something to do with the spoiled brat baby boomers!!!!!!
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ISLAMICO
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:49am
Evangelical bigots have no problem making fun of others because the only time they speak against these vile videos is when whites are insulted.
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- MOTHERSMITH
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:17am
  Athiest and pedophile worshiping Islamist bigots have no problem making fun of others because the only time they speak against these vile videos is when non whites are insulted.
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NC
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:34am
I’m not sure is this video going viral will be a good thing or a bad thing. I guess it depends on where you stand on illegal immigration.

They had the room rockin’

With their non-PC speech
A lesson to teach
A reason to preach

Oops, the dean has come knockin’

NC
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nacilbuper
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:28am
Vote for pedro!
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orlandojon
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:13am
Students learning the reality of political correctness… you can’t tell the truth when it involves one of the liberal sacred cows (illegal aliens, gays and blacks). Border hospitals have been closing their ER’s for years due to losses from illegals crossing the border for free care. Even the famous hospital ER in Dallas, (Parklane) that treated JFK has been closed for this reason.
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teddrunk
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:10am
Punishment?? This should some kind of an award. America is sick of the illegals streaming across the border getting freebies, and a lousy government that allows it. We have had the technology in minefields to stop this or slow it down for decades.
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BetsyRoss1513
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:08am
I also notice how many people were LAUGHING their butts off. There is truth in humor.
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BetsyRoss1513
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:05am
I think it might have to start with hospitals, to be truthful. No one is telling these people NO. No one is shaming these people into better behavior. It’s gotta start sometime, right? I mean, nobody else wants to tell these abusers behave proper. I wonder how many medical personnel stifle their comments, knowing their high taxes go to this kind of crap. Think about how different things would be if hospitals simply changed the way they do things. Hypocratic oath be damned: I didn’t take the damn oath, why are we ALL required to accept these cases? The doctors take the oath, no one else. So they all speak for US? BS. I say it’s time for our compassion to come to an end.
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- dmforman
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:24am
  Allowing illegals to cross the border and telling the border patrol that they are doing too good of a job and then giving the illegals much better care than they would receive in their home country has nothing to do with compassion. It has everything to do with increasing the democratic/socialistic political agenda. The illegals who come over the border have a higher birth rate than whites and conservatives, which makes the socialist agenda more and more likely to take hold in our country in the upcoming years. It is all part of the socialist agenda, and is disguised as compassion.
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thermonator
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:02am
Ironic tho that school teachers in WI can use their young students to chant political messages without any risk of disciplinary repercussions.
The hypocritical double speak of political correctness in our schools, strikes again.
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Michael
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 6:52am
Sure it isn’t nice to mock people, but under the circumstances I can understand why it is going on. People, including care givers, are getting sick and tired of taking care of people who just don’t care and take advantage of every thing they can get their hands on. It is just a gimme gimme world that these people live in. They come here get their free stuff. What a mess the politicians have gotten us into.
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- dmforman
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:18am
  So true. I hear of more and more people leaving nursing, medicine, teaching, and other professions. These are good people, good nurses, doctors, and teachers who are simply fed up with what is happening in America. People of tired of seeing the country being taken advantage of and politicians who could care less about what is happening to America.
  
  The other day while at the doctor, I heard an hispanic patient laugh when given Peach Care (Georgia’s state child insurance) and say to her friend that she‘ll get seen any way without filling out the forms and admitting that they weren’t legal.
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Libby Tarian
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 6:39am
Lots of abuses with our system of allowing Al Qaeda and who knows who else just walk across our borders. These med students are doing just fine pointing out that our representatives in Washington DC are on the take and want these illegals to vote for them. Illegals, SEIU, AFLCIO, ACORN, LULAC, Black Panthers, and other such people on the govt. dole voted in this fine President that we see on the campaign trail today.
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Jesse
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 6:17am
Truth hurts I guess.
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- bullcrapbuster
  Posted on April 20, 2011 at 2:57am
  Right on Jesse
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StevenL1955
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 6:10am
News?
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- Jesse
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 6:18am
  No. Not news.
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- wildjoker5
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:04am
  Just there goes some free speech.
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- Stoic one
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:22am
  What, don’t like our medical services? Take your anchor pregnancy to Venezuela.
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- nosycophant
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:38am
  Outstanding and creative and yet so true to life and the current environment here in Philly.
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- nptden
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:53pm
  Who should be charged is ICE. They should have been deported before they came to ‘term’. Let them have their babies back ‘home’ south of the border. They really don’t even know when they conceived? Could have been in Tijuana. When will the ‘sanctuary city’ people be charged will aiding and abetting illegals?
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- I Love Section 8 Housing
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 3:15pm
  The actual legal definition of free speech isn’t the ability to say whatever you want. There are limitations in the legal definition.
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- Annette
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 3:59pm
  I live in Houston..I can tell you it’s extremely sad how our system is used and abused by non-American citizens
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- Mainer forever
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 6:03pm
  That was very creative!!! Its all true what they were saying. So whats the prob?
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- GPS-Tech
  Posted on April 19, 2011 at 6:21pm
  They spelled the name wrong, it’s been stabbed.
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