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UK Psychiatrist Aliveni Ramanujam copied material from Wikipedia to gain qualification
Shamed Birmingham medic copied material from Wikipedia to gain qualification By Jonny Greatrex June 26, 2012 :46, 24 OCT 2012 Psychiatrist Aliveni Ramanujam A PSYCHIATRIST copied material from Wikipedia and stole ideas from a student’s academic paper to gain the professional qualification she so badly wanted. Shamed medic Aliveni Ramanujam was suspended after being caught out TWICE while doing a distance learning course at the University of Gloucestershire. Dr Ramanujam, who worked with mental health patients in Birmingham and Solihull, was called in by her tutors who were concerned by the shoddy essay she submitted. They warned her [...]
John Halkias, Queens Psychiatrist, “state oversight board” … “forbid him from treating women”
New York Post Queens shrink accused of stealing valuable family heirloom from former patient By Melissa Klein July 27, 2019 Psychiatrist John Halkias A Queens psychiatrist with boundary issues has refused for three decades to return a famed photograph, according to its owner who says she gave it to the doc only temporarily for safe keeping. Ruby Claudia York said she was going through a rough time in 1985 and, after a suicide attempt, landed in Metropolitan Hospital where Dr. John Halkias treated her. After she was discharged, York said she was about to rent a room in [...]
Queens Psychiatrist John Halkias – in hot water again
New York Post State orders shrink to treat only men after violating ‘boundaries’ Women will no longer be allowed on this shrink’s couch. By Melissa Klein October 23, 2016 Psychiatrist John Halkias Dr. John Halkias, who practices in Queens, is forbidden from treating female patients, a unique punishment handed down by the state Office of Professional Medical Conduct. The state charged the psychiatrist “violated professional boundaries . . . on more than one occasion” with a patient he treated in 2012 and early 2013, records show. Halkias, 61, reached a consent agreement with the OPMC, the state Health [...]
Christopher Doyle, Mississauga psychiatrist, loses in attempt to regain his license
Toronto Sun Three strikes and Mississauga psychiatrist is out By Michele Mandel July 2, 2019 Psychiatrist Christopher Doyle There were warning signs from the start. And now, after his third round of trouble, a Mississauga psychiatrist has lost his court bid to have his medical licence reinstated. Dr. Christopher Doyle was stripped of his licence last year by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) for incompetence and professional misconduct, including sending a troubled woman to hospital in a suicidal state after abruptly firing her as a patient. Doyle had argued that his punishment was too [...]
Maninderpal Singh Dhillon, Michigan Psychiatrist – alcohol related escapades
Maninderpal Singh Dhillon, Michigan Psychiatrist - alcohol related escapades East Lansing Police Department State of Michigan, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs -- Excerpt 3. On September 5, 2015, law enforcement responded to an accident involving Respondent's vehicle. Upon investigation it was determined that the vehicle left the road way at a high rate of speed and crashed into a residence resulting in damage to the resident's fencing, air conditioning unit, and external siding, as well as extensive damage to Respondent's vehicle. Respondent fled the scene and was not present when law enforcement arrived. Later that day, Respondent reported in [...]
Boudewijn Chabot, Netherlands Psychiatrist – 2nd thoughts on euthanisia
WND TEEN GIRL EUTHANIZED FOR 'INSUFFERABLE' LIFE 'After years of battling and fighting, I am drained' By Art Moore June 4, 2019 Noa Pothoven Explaining that the pain of a childhood rape was “insufferable,” a 17-year-old Dutch girl took advantage of the Netherlands’ assisted suicide law and was euthanized on Sunday. In her autobiography, “Winning or Learning,” Noa Pothoven recounted her battles with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anorexia after being molested and raped as a young child, reported News.com.au. She wrote in an Instagram post the day before she died that “after years of battling and fighting, [...]
Anatta Nergui, UK Psychiatrist, suspended, ordered his staff to tell his patients he had died
Derbyshire Live Derby doctor who smoked weed and told staff to tell patients he had DIED has suspension increased By Eddie Bisknell June 13, 2019 A doctor who admitted smoking cannabis – and ordered his staff to tell his patients he had died – has had his suspension extended AGAIN. Dr Anatta Nergui, an adult psychiatrist for Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, has been suspended from the medical register for a further nine months. This is after he ran an online psychiatry service but failed to refer patients to professionals, putting them at “significant risk of [...]
Aussie Psych Philip Bird disciplined over ADHD treatment
w3livenews.com Queensland doctor disciplined over ADHD treatment By Daily Mercury June 14, 2019 Psychiatrist Philip Bird A Sunshine Coast psychiatrist has been disciplined for prescribing a potent drug, after diagnosing three people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. An expert found insufficient evidence for Philip Bird to diagnose ADHD and prescribe the stimulant dexamphetamine for a "complex mental health patient'' in his mid-40s. The man remained on the drug of dependence for more than eight years, Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard. The Medical Board of Australia originally brought disciplinary proceedings against Dr Philip Bird in 2014, in relation [...]
Jasjot Kaur Chadda, Toronto psychiatrist, suspended – enticed four patients to travel to Italy “meditation retreat” (5G’s each included alcohol at meals but not airfare)
Toronto Star Toronto psychiatrist suspended six months for offering her patients a $5,000 meditation retreat to Italy (before tax, not including airfare) May 24, 2019 By Jacques Gallant Psychiatrist Jasjot Kaur Chadda aka Tina Chadda A Toronto psychiatrist's decision to offer her patients a pricey Italian meditation retreat landed her before Ontario's medical regulator Friday, where she was suspended for six months. Dr. Jasjot Kaur (Tina) Chadda had ended up taking four therapy patients on the retreat she organized, according to an agreed statement of facts filed at her discipline hearing at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of [...]
Luke Ainsworth, Aussie Psychiatrist, got patient pregnant – banned from “practising” until next year
The Age Psychiatrist who got 'vulnerable' client pregnant struck off until 2020 By Melissa Iaria May 28, 2019 Psychiatrist Luke Ainsworth A psychiatrist who got a patient pregnant after she was referred to him following a workplace sex assault has been banned from practising until next year. The patient saw Luke Ainsworth five times during 2016 and a personal relationship unfolded between them. She had been referred to him by her psychologist after a workplace sex assault and subsequent attempt at self-harm. The woman told a tribunal that during her first appointment, Dr Ainsworth questioned her in detail about [...]