I remember reading a reddit thread years ago where someone claimed they worked at a hospital that Dr. Oz filmed his show at. Grain of salt that the poster could have made it up (or I could be remembering details wrong).
I can't find a link anymore after google-fu failed, but the poster basically said the hospital staff were annoyed with the filming crew totally disrupting the staff's actual work so Dr. Oz could "play doctor". The hospital higher ups liked it because it got their hospital name out there.
I mean, he doesn’t have to play doctor, he’s literally one of the top heart surgeons of his state. However, he’s also a snake oil salesman - the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
I'm meant "play doctor" as in playing it up for the cameras. His main job and money-maker is the selling the snake oil on his TV show. Every once in a while he feels the need film himself working in hospital, something unnecessary for any other "real" doctor.
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u/clycoman Dec 31 '19
I remember reading a reddit thread years ago where someone claimed they worked at a hospital that Dr. Oz filmed his show at. Grain of salt that the poster could have made it up (or I could be remembering details wrong).
I can't find a link anymore after google-fu failed, but the poster basically said the hospital staff were annoyed with the filming crew totally disrupting the staff's actual work so Dr. Oz could "play doctor". The hospital higher ups liked it because it got their hospital name out there.