Doctors weigh in on full moon superstition in hospitals: ‘Everybody talks about the bewitching hour’
NY Post
Can hospitals see a bad moon a-risin’?
It’s long been a superstition within the medical community that nights of the full moon bring an unwelcome and unpredictable surge in emergency room chaos in hospitals across the country.
“Everybody talks about it,” Dr. John Becher of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and formerly Atlanticare in Atlantic City, NJ, told The Post, ahead of Tuesday’s full moon.
“Sometimes [hospital workers] come in at 7:00 p.m. and say, ‘Better brace up, you know it’s full moon’ in expectation it’s going to happen. And sure enough, it does.”
During his many years in AC, Becher specifically saw patient volumes increase and noticed people with chronic problems tend to come in “out of the blue” on full moon nights as well.
“A significant portion of that increased volume are abnormal situations that you don’t see every day. A lot of emotional problems, a lot of psychiatric problems.” After all, the word “lunatic” derives from the Latin for “moonstruck.”
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