This teen got away with pretending to be an OB-GYN at a hospital for weeks
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have, right?
One Florida teenager may have had that adage in mind when he and posed as an OB-GYN at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach — and got away with it for a month before being detected.
Police said the teen wore a white coat with the hospital logo, as well as a stethoscope and face mask. He was caught while in an examination room with a patient as another doctor conducted an exam. The real doctor called the hospital security, who sent the police to the scene.
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According to Fox 13, security guards had seen the teen around the hospital but thought he worked there. The teen's mother told Fox 13 that he "had not been taking his medication," and police and the hospital decided not to charge him.
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