Despite having examined the patient several times in 2002 and 2003, the doctor failed to notice that his patient had a 32 pound cyst! What did he tell her? Per the Otago [New Zealand] Daily Times online, that … …she was overweight and prescribed weight-loss pills. Wrong. Very wrong. The…
Although you usually get what you pay for, that does not apply in this case. As reported by radio station CJAD: A 34-year-old St Constant woman has taken her doctor before the College of Physicians disciplinary committee for her more than $5 000 breast augmentation which only lasted four days.…
All doctors know that it is unethical, at a minimum, to have a sexual relationship with a patient. And that, at a minimum, there is an appearance of impropriety when a boss has a sexual relationship with a subordinate. Well, as reported by Radio New Zealand, a family doctor in…
You would not believe the frequency with which doctors sexually abuse their patients. In doing research for these posts, I come across cases similar to this at least several times each week. According to a woman examined by Arkansas Dr. Clarence Jay Arendall, here’s what happened, as reported by the…
Remember the post the other day about the doctor who got a one week suspension for having a sexual relationship with a patient? Well, Dr. Mark Blaylock got a one month suspension for … putting a picture of a government official in the trash! For real. Dr. Blaylock is the…
You are psychologist Andrew Jacobs, and you need a psychiatrist to treat your wife for depression. Not surprisingly, you refer her to the same Harvard-trained psychiatrist you’ve been referring people to for 10 years. Surprisingly, this man, Kansas Dr. Douglas Greenens, tells your wife that she is in an unhealthy…
Remember when a bunch of people at UCLA Medical Center snuck a peak at Brittany Spears’ electronic medical records? No? I didn’t either. Well they did. As reported by California Healthline: The Department of Public Health said 53 employees, including 14 doctors, at UCLA Medical Center breached Spears’ records on…
A helluva lot. As reported in The Brisbane Times: Court documents reveal the GP [general practitioner], known only as DAP, began having sex with patients as early as 1987. He was twice suspended from practicing in 1996 and 2001. He … faced disciplinary action after admitting to maintaining sexual relationships…
As reported by The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, here is the story of Dr. John Geoffrey Limbert of Victoria, British Columbia: This family physician cared for a female patient for five years during which time she had two pregnancies. Subsequently, he established himself as a full-time sex…
Here’s how Georgia Dr. Totada R. Shanthaveerappa promoted his “Integrated Medical Specialists” and “Integrated Chemotherapy Specialists” clinics, as reported in the Gwinnett Daily Post: He advertised that his clinic practiced “safe and effective, nontoxic, scientifically-based alternative” medicine that could “cure or control most cancer and other chronic disease,” according to…