The Arkansas State Medical Board this week suspended the license of a doctor after seeing video of him having sex with a staff member — who was also a patient — and walking around his clinic nude. The board ordered an emergency suspension of David Diffine’s license and a disciplinary hearing, scheduled for December 6, …
A Michigan doctor who was arrested in August for secretly filming women and children was charged on Thursday with sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl. Dr. Oumair Aejaz allegedly filmed himself molesting the child, who authorities believe is not his only victim. In addition to filming patients — including children — without their consent, Oakland County …
An Alabama man reportedly died last month when a Florida hospital mistakenly removed his liver instead of his spleen. AL.com reported that William Bryan, 70, and his wife were at their rental property in Okaloosa County, Florida, when Bryan suffered pain in his left side. The couple went to Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast, where …
A former intensive care unit nurse in Oregon was arrested on Thursday for allegedly replacing fentanyl from patients’ medical drips with tap water, resulting in dozens of injuries. Dani Schofield, 36, worked at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center, then known as Rogue Valley Medical Center. in Medfield and allegedly had contact with all 44 victims, …
An Oregon podiatrist charged with sexually abusing two patients in December has been accused by nine more women since that time — and he is still allowed to see patients. The Oregon Medical Board is conducting an investigation, separate from the Portland Police Bureau investigation, and until that is complete Brian M. Bowen, 49, is …
A Texas doctor has been arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with patients, prompting efforts by police to find more potential victims, KPRC-TV reports. On Friday, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office announced that investigators executed an arrest warrant for Dr. Kozhaya Sokhon at the Adva Cardio Clinic in The Woodlands, Texas. The Woodlands is a …
On Tuesday, a British nurse who was convicted in August of killing seven babies was formally found unfit to practice nursing. Lucy Letby, 33, is serving 14 life sentences for killing seven babies and injuring 10 more while working at Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit in 2015 and 2016. The BBC reported that months …
A Minnesota man was charged on Monday with killing his wife in August by poisoning her. Connor Bowman, a medical resident at the Mayo Clinic, allegedly gave Betty Bowman, 32, liquid colchicine, a medication used to treat gout. The Post Bulletin reported that Betty Bowman, who did not have gout, died three days after she …
A former Texas dentist who left a young child, 4 at the time, with irreversible brain damage after a botched surgery received probation, despite prosecutors seeking a lengthy prison sentence. According to the KHOU, a Harris County jury previously convicted Bethaniel Jefferson of reckless injury to a child. On Thursday, the judge sentenced the ex-dentist …
A Nevada man reportedly died alone in a hospital in July because staff assigned him a fake name which prevented his family members from locating him. KLAS reported that Clifford Allen, 60, died at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas on July 27 after collapsing. Allen’s sister, Lavonne Brubeck, said it was not uncommon for Allen …
A Queens doctor has been charged with more than 50 counts of rape, sexual abuse, drug possession, and unlawful surveillance in connection with six victims at his apartment and at the hospital where he worked. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng was fired from New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital last December when he was arrested for drugging …
