CRIMES
Aussie Psychiatrist Philip Bird admits he inappropriately prescribed drug to man who crashed his car, killing twin girls and their grandmother
Courier Mail Psychiatrist to admit to improper prescription in fatal crash By Vanda Carson Psychiatrist Philip Bird A MAROOCHYDORE psychiatrist who prescribed “kiddie speed” to a man who overdosed and crashed his car, killing twin girls and their grandmother, is set to admit he inappropriately prescribed the drug. In the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal yesterday, a barrister for Philip Bird told judge Suzanne Sheridan Dr Bird intended to admit “unsatisfactory professional performance warranting sanction” at a hearing set down for today. Kerri Mellifont QC told the tribunal Dr Bird admitted he “fell short” in his diagnosis of attention [...]
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 [...]
London (Canada) Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski, Convicted Sex Offender, Now out on the Street
London Free Press Abusive ex-doc gets parole; Stanley Dobrowolski, jailed for 18 voyeurism, assault convictions in 2014, granted release from prison last month January 6, 2017 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski The sex offending, disgraced former London psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski is out of prison and on parole. Parole documents show after serving more than half of his four-year sentence behind bars, Dobrowolski was granted statutory release Dec. 21. As part of his release, he's prohibited from having any contact with his victims or their families, giving medical or psychiatric advice and having or accessing pornography. His release comes six months [...]
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 [...]
Josip Pasic, Chicago Psychiatrist – License Suspended – Overprescribed Drugs and Sexually Molested Patients
abc7chicago.com REGULATORS: DOCTOR MOLESTED PATIENTS, OVERPRESCRIBED DRUGS December 15, 2016 CHICAGO -- Regulators on Wednesday suspended the license of a Chicago psychiatrist accused of overprescribing narcotics and sexually molesting mentally ill patients. Dr. Josip Pasic engaged in sexual conduct with mentally ill patients to whom he also prescribed opioid painkillers and other drugs, according to an emergency order signed by Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's acting director, Jessica Baer. One patient, a recovering drug addict, told investigators he endured the doctor touching his groin because he needed his medication and it was difficult to find a doctor who [...]
Delia Podea, Romanian Psychiatrist, detained for 24 hours for bribery, forgery, and abuse of office
Romania-Insider.com New scandal in the Romanian health sector: Psychiatrists accused of using patients as guinea pigs By Irina Popescu June 1, 2016 Psychiatrist Delia Podea The Romanian authorities discover new problems in the local health sector each day. After the huge scandal around the diluted disinfectants used din hospitals for years and the case in which 77 oncologists have been charged with bribery, the prosecutors now investigate dozens of psychiatrists who allegedly used patients as guinea pigs. More than 250 patients admitted to hospitals and medical centers from nearly half of the country allegedly have become victims of the [...]
Avi Mitra, Connecticut Psychiatrist – restricted by Department of Public Health to protect the public
Connecticut med board revokes 1 doctor’s license; declines to lift order on Hamden psychiatrist By Kate Farrish, Conn. Health I-Team Writer November 16, 2016 Excerpt... Psychiatrist Avi Mitra The board also refused to lift state orders that Dr. Avijit Mitra, a Hamden psychiatrist, be barred from prescribing controlled substances for himself and his wife and that he be permanently restricted from prescribing Suboxone to anyone. Suboxone is used to treat drug addiction. His lawyer, Penny Q. Seaman of New Haven, who had asked the board to lift the state restrictions, said that it is keeping the board of Adult [...]
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 [...]
Duttala Obul Reddy, Illinois Psychiatrist, agreed to pay $908,000 to settle fraud charges
State Journal Register Springfield psychiatrist agrees to pay $908,000 to settle federal civil complaint November 8, 2016 By Dean Olsen A Springfield psychiatrist whose medical license was taken away by the state for ethical violations has agreed to pay the federal government $908,000 to settle allegations that he falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid. Duttala Obul Reddy, 66, allegedly submitted bills for services provided at central Illinois nursing homes from January 2008 through February 2013, but the care either wasn’t provided to patients at those facilities or “had not been provided to the extent claimed,” according to news release issued Tuesday [...]
Robert Crozier, Canadian Psychiatrist, loses license two years after he was sentenced for sexually assaulting a patient
Toronto Star Doctor stripped of licence two years after pleading guilty in sex assault By Jacques Gallants October 17, 2016 Psychiatrist Robert Crozier The case of a psychiatrist in London, Ont., who was stripped of his medical licence on Monday raises the question of why a licence can’t be yanked immediately after a doctor is found guilty in criminal court of sexually assaulting a patient. Robert Crozier pleaded guilty in court in October 2014 to sexually assaulting Patient A and was sentenced to four months in jail and two years’ probation. He had voluntarily ceased to practise medicine in [...]