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'Psychopathic' Doctor Accused of Killing Patients

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:17:26 CDT

An allegedly psychopathic doctor who tried to kill his own patients may finally lose his job in Australia after four years of complaints, the Courier & Mail reports. The doctor, whose name hasn't been released, killed at least two elderly patients by unplugging them in a hospital and had to...

Doctor Accused of Prescribing Christianity

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:09:21 CDT

A British doctor is proselytizing Christianity to patients and defending his right to do it. Health officials are now investigating whether Dr. Richard Scott promoted Christianity as a health benefit to a "vulnerable ... depressed 24-year-old" patient with "lifestyle issues," writes Nelson Jones in his New Statesman blog . British medical guidelines...

$4.5M Awarded to Parents of Child With One Limb

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:42:56 CDT

A couple won $4.5 million in a Florida court yesterday because doctors failed to notice that their baby would be born with no arms and one leg, the Palm Beach Post reports. The couple would have aborted the baby, they testified, if only ultrasounds had correctly spotted its missing...

Woman Gets $198K for Mastectomies She Didn't Need

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:42:51 CDT

A California woman who underwent a double mastectomy and later discovered she didn't have breast cancer will be paid $198,000 after winning a medical malpractice lawsuit. Ana Jimenez-Salgado had her breasts surgically removed at a Los Angeles county hospital after outside pathologists said the cells obtained from an August...

Fugitive Doctor Caught Camping in Italian Alps

Kevin Spak — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:21:00 CST

A fugitive American doctor accused of widespread fraud and malpractice was found and arrested this week on a snowy mountain in Italy after 5 years on the run. Mark Weinberg, an Indiana ear, nose, and throat specialist, was living in a tent in Val Ferret. When police cornered him, Weinberg...

Jacko Doc Will Face Manslaughter: Fox Source

Matt Cantor — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:00:00 CDT

Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray will be charged with manslaughter in the next two weeks, a law enforcement source tells Fox News. Authorities want to carry out a final search warrant next week, probably at a Los Angeles pharmacy, to build evidence against Murray before they make an arrest. Jackson’s...

VA Doc Botched 92 of 116 Cancer Operations

Katherine Thompson — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:32:00 CDT

The VA Hospital in Philadelphia performed 116 operations to treat prostate cancer before an investigation found that 92 of the them had been seriously botched, the New York Times reports. The VA considered Dr. Gary Kao an expert who didn't need oversight, and allowed him to cover up his mistakes...

Obama Offers Docs Backing on Malpractice Suit Limits

Jason Farago — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:18:37 CDT

President Obama is taking his case for overhauling health care to a tough audience today: The American Medical Association, which is holding its annual meeting in Chicago, came out last week against Obama's plan to offer federal insurance to compete with private insurers. But the president privately with AMA officials...

Calif. Medical Board to Investigate Octuplet Births

Nick McMaster — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:19:01 CST

California’s Medical Board is investigating whether there was a violation of medical standards by the doctor who helped Nadya Suleman become pregnant with octuplets, the Whittier Daily News reports. Suleman told NBC all 14 of her children were born through in vitro fertilization performed by one California specialist. “We are...