# I do not like the hospital robot, part III

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-like-the-hospital-robot-part-iii/659242>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 24, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-like-the-hospital-robot-part-iii/659242 "2013-05-24T17:15:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enocavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@Enocavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enocavy)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-like-the-hospital-robot-part-iii/659242/21 "2013-05-29T00:23:53Z")

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> [@Quercus](#):
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> I’m waiting for the rant to continue railing against all these new-fangled medical devices that come between a doctor and his (Yes his. What, you want to let women become doctors now?) patients. I mean, when I was young\*, if a doctor wanted to listen to your heart, he’d put his ear right up against your chest. None of this cold, metallic stethoscope, there was real human-human contact!

I’m pretty sure stethoscopes are hundreds of years old.

And use all the improved tools you want. Just be in the same zip code as your patient, unless they’re in the wilderness hundreds of miles from the nearest Wi-fi.

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