A trip to the hospital can feel incredibly stressful. Even if the waiting rooms have comfortable chairs and free coffee, the anticipation of a needle or the possibility of bad news can make anyone anxious. Which is why it’s so reassuring when medical staff know how to help patients relax. And sometimes, all it takes is a well-timed joke to ease a difficult day. To highlight the importance of bedside manner, we compiled a list of wholesome doctor moments where they put people at ease with kindness and humor.

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#1 A Much-Needed Addition To Our Curriculum

#2 A Good Way To Start A Surgery

#3 Doctors Went Out On Strike In Lebanon

#4 Super Wholesome. Dr. Chang Delivered Me, And Yesterday I Helped Him Deliver A Baby! I Love Full-Circle Moments

#5 This Is My Best Friend’s Cardiologist Since She Was 14 (Now In Her 30s), Reading Her A Bedtime Story Via Video Chat As She’s In The Hospital Waiting For A New Heart

She’s there and not allowed visitors until after she gets a heart, and he decided she needed a proper bedtime story.

#6 Therapy Dog

#7 A Hospital Surgeon Creates “Dressing Drawings” So Kids Don’t See Scars

“The pen may not be mightier than the scalpel, pediatric surgeon Dr. Robert Parry always takes a moment to make sure a scar isn’t the only lasting memory of a child’s surgical procedure. He surprises them with a hand-drawn dressing featuring a character or something that personally interests them.”

#8 A 6-Year-Old Girl Couldn’t Sleep At Night Because She Was Scared Of Monsters, So The Doctor Gave Her This Spray

#9 This Doctor Has A Special Code

#10 Age Gap Must Be Very… Obvious Here

#11 The Best Kind Of Doctor

This 9-year-old recently had to go in for surgery and was so nervous that he brought his stuffed wolf. The wolf had a tear in its leg, so it asked if its doctor could do a wolf surgery, too. His parent said “no.” But when they walked into the recovery room, they discovered the little wolf lying next to their son, this time with a surgical mask, a little cast, and surgical-grade sutures in his leg.

#12 A Man Who Couldn’t Afford The Surgery Gifts 2 Chickens To The Doctor Who Performed The Surgery For Free

#13 Back In 2018, When I Was Suffering From Locked-In Syndrome, A Doctor Noticed A Minor Movement And Discovered I Was In There

Four years later, on the day of his retirement, I walked into his office.

#14 My Hospital Hired An Employee Whose Only Job Is To Go Around Saying Hi To Other Employees While They Work

#15 It’s Not A Time Rewind, It’s A Time Freeze

#16 Hanging In My Cardiologist’s Exam Room

#17 Dr. Amanda Hess Pauses Her Own Labor To Deliver Another Woman’s Baby

SPECIAL DELIVERY: As Dr. Amanda Hess was getting into her hospital gown to be induced to give birth, she heard nurses prepping a woman who needed to give birth right away because her baby was in distress. But the woman’s OBGYN was not at the hospital yet, so Dr. Hess (an OBGYN herself) put on another gown to cover her backside, threw on boots over her flip-flops, and delivered the baby.

#18 This Doctor From Ouro Branco In Alagoas, Brazil, Is Known For Treating Patients Without Asking For Payment. Instead Of Money, They Thank Him With Simple Gifts

#19 Brilliant Idea

#20 Hand Crocheted Dr Bear By A Grateful Patient, Today Was A Good Day

#21 Doctor Sleeper Is Making The Sleeping Happen

#22 Nurses Dress Up As Their Doctor For Halloween

#23 My Local Dentist Doesn’t Have Enough Patients

#24 Such A Supportive Grandpa

#25 The Doctor Arranges A Free Eye Camp And Does 150 Cataract Surgeries For Free

#26 My Childhood Doctor’s Office Has A Mini Door Installed For Younger Patients

#27 My Coworker Got His Wisdom Teeth Removed The Other Day, The Doctor Said He Would Take A Funny Picture While He Was Under Anesthesia… My God

#28 My Mom Works At A Doctor’s Office And Sent A Photo Of This Patient Who Showed Up For An Appointment

#29 Went In For A Check-Up Today. Seen In The Doctor’s Office

#30 First Day On A Paeds Rotation

#31 Received This Text Out Of The Blue From One Of The Doctors Today, Totally Made My Day

#32 Found At My Doctor’s Office, Posted In The Waiting Room… Wholesome Feels

#33 Imagine Waking Up With Double Vision And Seeing This. I’d Feel An Alien Had Abducted Me

#34 My Daughter’s Pediatrician Prescribed An Ice Cream After She Got Her Flu Shot

#35 My Doctor Hangs Kids’ Pictures In The Examination Rooms. This One Touched My Heart

#36 I Asked My Doctor To Write Down My Prescription So I Don’t Forget It. This Is What He Gave Me

#37 One Of Our Doctors Travels To Codes Via A Razor Scooter

#38 This Doctor’s Office Has A Guitar In The Lobby For Anyone To Play

#39 This Artwork In My Dentist’s Office. I Think It’s An Original

#40 My Doctor’s Office Is In The Holiday Spirit

#41 This Was My Doctor

#42 My Mom Is Being Treated By Dr. Batman

#43 The Urine Deposit Area At My Doctor’s Office

#44 This Poster Is In My Doctor’s Office

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