Doctor admits he intentionally misdiagnosed cancer, ordered unneeded chemo
Source: Raw Story
Michigan doctor faces life in prison after he admitted to intentionally misdiagnosing patients with cancer and recommending unnecessary chemotherapy to dying patients.
Dr. Farid Fata pleaded guilty Tuesday to 13 counts of health care fraud, two counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks, reported the Detroit Free Press.
The crimes were part of a moneymaking scheme, he said.
It is my choice, Fata told the court. I knew that it was medically unnecessary.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/doctor-admits-he-intentionally-misdiagnosed-cancer-ordered-unneeded-chemo/
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)demosincebirth
(12,537 posts)davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)Until that happens, we can expect more schemes like this one.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Psephos
(8,032 posts)NYTimes: V.A. Official Acknowledges Link Between Delays and Patient Deaths
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/us/va-officials-acknowledge-link-between-delays-and-patient-deaths.html?_r=0
Assistant Veterans Administration Inspector General Dr. John Daigh has acknowledged that patients were harmed by the long waits for treatment at this VA hospital. Top administrators created fake appointment lists to hide the delays and preserve their jobs.
I have advocated single-payer health care in the US for a long time, but this kind of stuff needs to be fixed and fixed hard before the general public will support it. It is *much* harder to weed out incompetent or criminal bureaucrats than it is to fire private providers. The system must be adjusted to that reality.
Judi Lynn
(160,530 posts)and is told they don't have evidence.
For chrissakes!
Mindless, careless, stupid greed. Why can't greedy people simply go into another line of work? Once they get greedy, their minds are no longer on the health of their patients.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)Meanwhile, we make welfare recipients pee in a cup to start getting what amounts to a few hundred $ per month per family.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)WTF? Pardon my language but this is just about as low as one can go. Those poor people.
ladywnch
(2,672 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)As a lawyer, I believe they shouldn't let any of us survivors on the jury. There's no way I could be fair on this case.
LuvLoogie
(7,003 posts)FARID DR. FATA, (Zip code: 48307) $500 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE on 10/22/09
FARID DR. FATA, (Zip code: 48307) $250 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE on 11/27/09
Read more: http://www.city-data.com/elec2/10/elec-ROCHESTER-MI-10.html#ixzz3DiwtjVDQ
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)candelista
(1,986 posts)Searing back pain. Endless periods with clots the size of plums. Bloating that turns even your "fat" pants into a tourniquet. Every year, symptoms like these drive thousands of women to consider getting a hysterectomy. The surgery is so popular, in fact, that one-third of all women will have a hysterectomy before they turn 60. For many, the procedure provides real relief.
But here's a shocker: More than two-thirds of the 600,000 hysterectomies performed every year may be unnecessary, experts say. The truth: Several other approaches are available that may have fewer complications and shorter recovery times. And some research suggests that hysterectomy may lead to sexual problems, incontinence, and a slight loss of physical strength. Other studies dispute those findings.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/03/healthmag.hysterectomy/index.html?iref=newssearch
LisaL
(44,973 posts)necessary, there is no debate on whether somebody who doesn't have cancer needs a treatment for it.
This guy was pumping patients who didn't have cancer with chemotherapy.
candelista
(1,986 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)just for preventative measures so I wouldn't ever get uterine or ovarian cancer.
It was a woman doctor, too. She should absolutely have known better. I did not have one symptom. That was 30 years ago and I still do not have one symptom.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)for anything serious.