BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Abdi Tinwalla, Illinois psychiatrist, prescribed antipsychotic to inmate who unknowingly took it – Judge says this is medical battery
LAW360 7th Circ. Nixes Ill. Prison Doc's Medical Battery Claims Win By Hannah Meisel May 1, 2017 EXCERPT: Psychiatrist Abdi Tinwalla The Seventh Circuit on Friday nixed a quick win to a psychiatrist in an Illinois detention facility accused of allegedly causing an inmate to take the antipsychotic drug Risperdal for more than a month without the man's knowledge or consent. A three-judge panel found that a reasonable jury could conclude that Dr. Abdi Tinwalla had been deliberately indifferent to the plaintiff's right to refuse and had committed a common law tort of medical battery when he wrote a [...]
Susan Roche, Ottowa Psychiatrist, loses license – used patient to pick up groceries for her
Ottawa Sun Ottawa psychiatrist who had patients run errands for her loses licence By Andrew Seymour April 13, 2017 An Ottawa psychiatrist who hired one patient as a private nurse and took advantage of others by having them pick up her eye medication and groceries has been found guilty of professional misconduct and agreed to never practise medicine again. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario said it found Dr. Susan Louise Roche’s “self-serving, selfish, disgraceful and unprofessional behaviour” included the hiring of one patient to be her own private nurse after an abdominal operation. Roche also inappropriately billed [...]
Bruce Spittle, New Zealand Psychiatrist – 45 year career ended with criminal conviction of sexual misconduct with a patient – appeal now denied
Otago Daily Times Doctor's appeal rejected By Rob Kidd April 17, 2017 Psychiatrist Bruce Spittle A Dunedin psychiatrist found guilty of molesting a patient has failed in a bid to clear his name. Dr Bruce James Spittle's 45-year medical career ended in 2015 when he was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault after a jury trial. The now 71-year-old was sentenced to seven months' home detention by Judge Michael Crosbie in the Dunedin District Court four months later. The Crown had called for a term of imprisonment. Defence counsel Harry Waalkens QC called it ''a sad and [...]
Psychiatrist Aaron Voon will be sentenced in Australia – (a father caught Voon videotaping his son using a urinal)
Global News Former child psychiatrist Aaron Voon to be sentenced for porn-related charges in Australia By Caley Ramsay January 30, 2017 Aaron Szen Voon, 41, is charged with making and possessing child pornography as well as voyeurism. Aaron Szen Voon, 41, is charged with making and possessing child pornography as well as voyeurism. A former child psychiatrist who was arrested following an incident in a washroom at West Edmonton Mall last year will be sentenced in Australia on May 19. In December, 41-year-old Aaron Voon pleaded guilty to nine child-porn related charges in an Australian courtroom. Three of those charges [...]
Khaja Chisty, Colorado Psychiatrist, AGREES TO CEASE “PRACTICE” – WHILE OUT OF THE COUNTRY HE USED VIDEOCONFERENCING & THE INTERNET WITHOUT GIVING PATIENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSENT TO SUCH “TREATMENT” METHOD
The Denver Post Colorado doctor has license suspended; two agree to cease practices By Kieran Nicholson December 21, 2016 1700 W 100TH AVE STE 101THORNTON, CO The medical license of one doctor has been suspended, and two other doctors have agreed to cease practice in cases before the Colorado Medical Board. The Colorado license of Dr. Michael J. Brazelton has been suspended, and the board has issued cessation-of-practice agreements to Dr. Khaja N. Chisty and Dr. Charles F. Clark. ... Chisty, a psychiatrist, had been summarily suspended Nov. 18 for violations of the Medical Practice Act. The action against [...]
U.S. Senator says Psychiatrist “has no business treating our nation’s veterans or any citizen in Wisconsin”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fired Tomah VA chief to surrender medical license Bill Glauber and Daniel Bice January 18, 2017 Senator Tammy Baldwin The psychiatrist at the center of an opioid scandal at the troubled Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center has agreed to surrender his medical license, under an agreement reached Wednesday with state regulators. Under the deal, David J. Houlihan agreed never to apply for a medical license in the state, in exchange for state regulators dropping their investigation into his actions at Tomah and not seeking reimbursement for the probe. Houlihan has 30 days to wrap up his [...]
Japan to Punish 95 Psychiatrists for Illegally Obtaining Licenses – Many of the psychiatrists include heads of hospital psychiatric departments and owners of clinics
The Mainichi Ministry to punish 95 doctors over illicit acquisition of designated psychiatrist's licenses December 31, 2016 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version Executives of St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital bow in apology during a news conference in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 15. (The Asahi Shimbun) The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is expected to punish 95 doctors for illicitly obtaining and helping others obtain specially designated psychiatrist's licenses, and temporarily suspend most of them from practicing medicine in a move that could adversely affect regional health services. Eighty-nine of the doctors had their specially designated psychiatrist's [...]
Perth Child Psychiatrist guilty of filming boys at urinals
PerthNow Perth child psychiatrist Aaron Voon admits to child pornography charges December 1, 2016 Perth child psychiatrist Aaron Voon A PERTH child psychiatrist arrested in Canada in May accused of filming a boy in a public toilet has pleaded guilty to a string of child pornography charges. Dr Aaron Szen Yang Voon, 41, pleaded guilty in Perth Magistrates Court to nine separate charges, including filming boys at urinals and producing and possessing child pornography material in four countries: Canada, the US, New Zealand and Australia. He replied "guilty, your honour" nine times as magistrate Joe Chicchini read out charges [...]
Aaron Szen Voon, Australian Child Psychiatrist, Pleads Guilty – police found 409 photos of boys urinating in public washrooms on a computer seized from Voon
Global News Child psychiatrist Aaron Voon to face Edmonton porn charges in Australian court By Slav Kornik November 9, 2016 Psychiatrist Aaron-Szen-Voon ignores questions from reporter A child psychiatrist accused of making child pornography at West Edmonton Mall has agreed to plead guilty in Australia, where he faces similar charges. “The accused will face both the charges stemming from Alberta and the charges from his time in Australia,” Alberta Justice and Solicitor General spokesperson Dan Laville said in a statement. “If the accused does not plead guilty to Alberta’s charges, the Crown can still consider bringing him back [...]
Japan revokes licenses of 89 psychiatrists on suspicion they fraudulently acquired their credentials
Japan Times Health ministry revokes licenses of 89 psychiatrists OCT 26, 2016 The health ministry on Wednesday revoked licenses for 89 mental health doctors on suspicion that they fraudulently acquired their credentials. Such a large number of mental health practitioners being subjected to scrutiny at one time is unprecedented. Health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki took the action against the 89 people following recommendations the same day from a subcommittee of the Medical Ethics Council. The ministry also rejected four of the five current applicants for mental health doctor designation suspected by the panel as having submitted fraudulent applications. Executives of [...]