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[–] [email protected] 87 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Aren’t medical leeches executives and the insurance industry?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Yeah these leeches are actually working for the patient instead of against them

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Don't give honest hard-working freedom loving American leeches a bad name, comparing them to the health-adjacent cash extraction system.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

They don't escape, they get vacations.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

You know, the red trail on the floor is really giving me a lot of positive vibes. This gives me an idea for decorating a children's hospital...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My friend doesn't get what that cable on the floor is.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trail of blood from the leech

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Oh!

Ohhh...

Ewwwww.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ðeıṙ aṙ a'ſ medikėl mægėtſ.

spoilerThere are also medical maggots.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For anyone who doesn't wish to see the images: the maggots are used to clean wounds bc they only eat dead or rotting flesh. It looks gross af

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Thx for the good read!

[–] Zoidsberg 2 points 2 months ago

Can I just request an amputation?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Maggots, too.