Doctor caught on camera laughing and cursing at a patient

We started this half hour with the

patient

accusing a

doctor

of some bad behavior at his bedside and it was all

caught

on

camera

as the

patient

complained that the

doctor

was physically and verbally abusing him, refusing to believe that he was suffering, even I cursed him. ABC's Marci Gonzalez is in our Los Angeles Bureau with the story Marci, good morning, Dan Paula, good morning, that patient says the doctor accused him of going to the hospital in hopes of getting narcotics and that he believes that's what happened. provoked her. He tells us that he was simply seeking treatment for what turned out.

It seems to be an extreme anxiety attack and he is still baffled by what happened this morning This emergency room doctor was banned from working at this Northern California hospital after she was

caught

on

camera

taunting and

cursing

at one of his patients that I knew when he said something. I already knew it to the security guard from that moment I said hello dad, can you take out your phone? I need you to take out your phone now because I have a feeling something is going to happen if I can get out of this chair. Samuel Bardwell says he was taken by ambulance to El Camino Hospital after collapsing during basketball practice Monday after waiting more than three hours to be treated I'm sorry sir you were the least sick of all the people here who are dying , says she told the doctor she was numb from extreme pain and having trouble breathing.

I just tried to inhale and even told him that I can't inhale. I don't understand, you are breathing through jumping, this is not prohibited, well, he tells ABC from there the tension with dr. Bethke' escalated further without provocation, no, he has changed his story every time the hospital's CEO said in a statement that the doctors' conduct was unprofessional and not the standard we demand of all who provide care through El Camino Hospital. We have expressed our sincerest apologies and are In my opinion, working directly with the patient on this matter, I do not believe she should practice medicine at all because if it is not a race issue and she is like that for everyone, then that is a problem and the CEO of the hospital group went on to say The doctor will never be allowed to work in any branch of the hospital group again.

We have not been able to reach the doctor for comment. Meanwhile, Bardwell says he plans to file a lawsuit. Dan and Paula respond to you, Marcie, thank you. Hello everyone. This is George Stephanopoulos. Thank you for visiting the ABC News YouTube channel. For more videos, highlights and live event coverage, click here on the right to subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app for breaking news. alerts thanks for watching