Schoolboy, 13, arrested for impersonating doctor in UK hospital – complete with scrubs and ID

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/schoolboy-13-arrested-impersonating-doctor-34622293

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40 comments

  1. Hello, I’m Dr Hibbert. I’m afraid I’m going to have to amputate.

  2. He was given “words of advice”, apparently.

    I suspect those words of advice were “don’t be a pillock”.

  3. See the trick is to have one boy on the shoulders of another and have a big trenchcoat on (although in this case a lab coat). Foolproof.

  4. We sometimes have 6th form pupils sit in clinic. On one occasion the student literally looked and was the size of a small 10 year old. It was extremely awkward explaining to patients why I had a child in clinic with me. This reminds me of that!

  5. Can you imagine that being your kid and having to take that seriously and not piss yourself laughing.

  6. Someone I used to work with got arrested for pretending to be a fireman.

  7. ID? That’s wild. When I was a teen I had my elder cousin’s National Insurance card that I used to buy fags 😂 crazy how that actually worked in almost every shop 😂

  8. No amount of facepalm can adequately describe how I feel.

  9. Hopefully the kid finds some good influences. It’s the kind of story that ends in prison or a tedtalk

  10. Read the title as Scrubs ID and thought he was walking around pretending to be Zach Braff.

  11. I’m more shocked a 13 year old was aspiring to be a doctor rather than say a soundcloud rapper or footballer in all honesty

  12. Obviously bad. But I’m slightly in awe of the sheer confidence of this

  13. Dougie Howser was always going to be a bad influence. Damn television!

  14. For once the patient’s comment “Are you old enough to be a doctor? You look about 13” was actually sound

  15. Gotta respect the individuality of the lad……not following the stabbing trend to kill people!

  16. How is a 13 year old able to even vaguely pass as a doctor in the first place 😂

  17. they couldn’t tell a 13 year old was a… 13 year old?

  18. He obviously didn’t go around saying “do you concur” and got busted!

  19. Didn’t this already happen? I feel like this has happened before

  20. He’s just filming a music video Bang Lyrical blow to the jaw.

  21. Probably just filming a Doogie Howser reboot episode.

  22. “I’m Dr Nick Riviera, well if it isn’t my old friend Mr McGreg with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg!”

  23. “Sorry sir, we are going to have to amputate your brain”

  24. Ah I thought recognise the hospital my daughter was born in! Derriford, the concrete coffin.

  26. what gave it away though? was he spending more than 2 minutes with a patient?

  27. Wonder what ward he was on? If I had to put money on it: gynecology

  28. Seems to be in fashion for non doctor to practice medicine in this country

  29. Lmao to much political bs goin on to be this stupid in another country

  30. The kid must have heard the NHS is short of doctors. Just volunteering to help the community.

  31. That’s the kind of determination and go-getting attitude that looks good on your medical degree application…

  32. Just getting those voluntary hours before med school in early.

  33. Please tell me there were two kids, one on the other’s shoulders, with a long jacket covering their bodies, just like The Little Rascals movie.

  34. Dress for the job you want and all that.

    Let’s be honest with ourselves here, he wasn’t impersonating a doctor, he was playing dress up. He didn’t prescribe any medication, he wasn’t giving medical advice, and he certainly wasn’t operating. Being a little idiot isn’t (as far as I am aware) a criminal matter.

  35. If you open the link and instantly turn on airplane mode, the box for accept cookies or reject and pay doesn’t pop up, and you can still read the story.

  36. Luke Littler’s younger brother? Only 13 but looks 33!

  37. How well was he impersonating a doctor is what I want to know.

  38. Do you concurr Dr Roberts ?? Well looks like you boys know what your doing !

  40. Patient: “You look a little young for a doctor.”

    Kid: “It’s okay, I’m Dougie Howser.”

    Patient: “WELL, THAT’S ALRIGHT THEN!”

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