MEDIA

Where’s the #$@&%*! Documents!?

Black Hills Pioneer Public Records and You By Ken Kramer March 18, 2014 This is the week that newspapers across the country write stories about public records, the difficulty they have in getting the records from various agencies and the proposed legislation that hinders or opens up access to public records. It is called Sunshine Week and it is celebrated this year from March 16-22. There is a very good reason newspapers are interested in public records. Public records are the backbone for many stories. Journalists use them frequently. If you look closely at newspaper articles and read between the [...]

“Nut Cases” is what Psychiatrist Narinder Duggal’s attorney calls those patients who complained of unprofessional conduct, overprescribing, and making sexual advances

North Kitsap Herald Duggal to appeal medical commission's findings by RICHARD D. OXLEY Feb 14, 2014 Psychiatrist Narinder Duggal POULSBO — Dr. Narinder Duggal will appeal in Superior Court the state decision that stripped him of his medical license. Thomas Olmstead recently took over as Duggal's lawyer. He will represent Duggal as they appeal the surrender of his medical license, and in civil lawsuits brought by several of Duggal's former patients. He is also representing Duggal in a malpractice lawsuit against the doctor's former lawyers. Olmstead said the case against Duggal was not properly handled by previous counsel. "Dr. [...]

Top Psychiatrist Paul Strickland Pleads Guilty to Biting Wife’s Face – now under investigation by his employers

Manchester Evening News Top psychiatrist ‘ashamed’ after attacking ex-wife when she started new relationship By Amy Glendinning 18 Feb 2014 Psychiatrist Paul Strickland NHS doctor Paul Strickland, 51, launched the attack after finding out his ex-wife had started dating a mutual friend A top psychiatrist who bit his ex-wife’s face and broke her glasses after discovering she was in a new relationship is ‘ashamed’ of his actions, a court heard. NHS doctor Paul Strickland, 51, launched the attack after finding out his ex-wife had started dating a mutual friend and believed she had been ‘gloating’ about it. He has [...]

TV Newscast: Sacramento Psychiatrist Lenton Morrow under investigation – sex with suicidal patients

CBS Sacramento Sacramento Psychiatrist Accused Of Having Sex With Suicidal Patients By Ron Jones February 18, 2014 Psychiatrist Lenton Joby Morrow, Heritage Oaks Hospital, Sacramento SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A psychiatrist has been accused of having inappropriate relations after at least two alleged victims came forward. They accuse Dr. Lenton Morrow of having sex with them while being treated for suicidal tendencies and substance abuse at Heritage Oaks Hospital in Sacramento. The facility specializes in treating emotionally distraught patients. “Commonalities are that both women are strikingly pretty,” said attorney Joseph George, who represents the victims. He says the allegations came [...]

Tennessee Psychiatrist Abul Kasem Fakhruddin Surrenders License after Overbilling $325,758

The Tennessean State medical board takes action against pain doctor, psychiatrist Improper narcotics prescriptions, billing bring action February 22, 2014 By Tom Wilemon 803 Meadowlark Ln, Goodlettsville, TN - former "practice address" of psychiatrist Abul Kasem Fakhruddin A Nashville psychiatrist accused of overbilling Tennessee’s Medicaid program has surrendered his license, while a Lebanon pain doctor has had his suspended for improperly prescribing narcotics. The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners took actions against Dr. A K Fakhruddin, the psychiatrist, and Dr. Nii S. Quao, the pain doctor, at its January meeting, according to a disciplinary report released last week. The [...]

Sydney psychiatrist to be Sentenced in Assaults Against Patients

9News National February 27, 2014 Psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan Assaulted Patients at Sydney's Northside Clinic, a teaching hospital for the University of Sydney Former psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan had three rules he drummed home to his patients: honesty, confidentiality and speaking up when one is pissed off. The disgraced Sydney practitioner manipulated these principles and left four women deeply affected, a court has heard. Tan has pleaded guilty to four charges of aggravated indecent assault against patients. In a sentence hearing on Thursday, Tan's victims emotionally recounted the effect his behaviour had had on their lives. The women had [...]

California Prison Psychiatrist Pedro Eva Convicted of Grand Theft

The Californian Feb. 27, 2014 Salinas Valley State Prison Dr. Pedro Eva, 49, of Soledad, has been convicted of grand theft and submitting false claims to the state of California while working at Salinas Valley State Prison, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. The charges stem from an investigation conducted by the Office of the Inspector General from March 1 to June 30, 2007, which was initiated after authorities received an anonymous letter alleging that Dr. Eva and four other doctors were overbilling the state for their services, prosecutors said. The investigation revealed that all these doctors [...]

Psychiatrist Andrew McBride Used Patient for Sex – Struck off

Oxford Mail Psychiatrist struck off for ‘using woman for sex’ February 4, 2014 The General Medical Council (pictured) has struck off McBride, saying that he 'abused his position of trust' A PSYCHIATRIST who confessed to a seven-year affair with a vulnerable patient after she was found dead has been struck off. Dr Andrew McBride started a sexual relationship with the woman while treating her for drug and alcohol abuse at the Rectory Centre in Oxford in 2003. In a string of diary entries read out at a disciplinary tribunal, the woman described how she felt McBride was “using her [...]

Video – Crackhead Psychiatrist (also a University of Florida Professor) increased dangerous amounts of drugs leading to one patient’s death

Psychiatrist Harold E. Smith GTN NEWS The Florida Board of Medicine lays down the law for one UF psychiatric professor. Dr. Harold Smith has a history of drug abuse--and is also accused of prescribing lethal amounts of oxycontin to a patient. In our big story this half- hour-- GTN'S Briana Harper joins us live in the newsroom with more on what could happen next. This is Smith's third disciplinary hearing with the board since receiving his Florida medical license in 1999. The state medical board made a unanimous decision to discipline the professor - but the question now is [...]