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Harmadan Singh, UK Psychiatrist, “Tried to Manipulate My Mind”
Welwyn Hatfield Times Sex assault doctor ‘was trying to manipulate my mind’ says victim March 25, 2013 By David Burke Psychiatrist Harmadan Singh A woman who was sexually assaulted by a psychiatrist at the QE2 Hospital in WGC has accused her tormentor of trying to manipulate her mind. Shamed Dr Harmadan Singh was spared jail by a judge, but told he was unlikely to ever practice again. Jurors heard the 67-year-old had touched the patient in a sexual way during a consultation, and had made her undress. The assault was branded a “breach of trust” which caused the 30-year-old [...]
Seamus Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Irish Psychiatrist – Bites Cops – To Be Sentenced Next Month
The Irish Times Psychiatrist who bit gardaí to be sentenced next month Consultant employed by HSE in Limerick had to be restrained before arrest Mar 27, 2013 Psychiatrist Seamus O Flaithbheartaigh A consultant psychiatrist employed by the HSE [Irish health agency] who bit two gardaí [police officers] and a bar worker after he was arrested following a night out socialising in Limerick is to be sentenced next month. Seamus Ó Flaithbheartaigh (51), from Castlemara, Annacotty, who is employed by the HSE in Limerick, had to be restrained before gardaí arrested him on Denmark Street on July 7th last. He [...]
Shekhar Chandra, UK Psychiatrist, lost license for sexual misconduct with a patient and for dishonesty
The BMJ Tribunal made error in allowing psychiatrist back on register, says appeal court August 14, 2018 By Clare Dyer A medical practitioners’ tribunal that let a struck-off psychiatrist back onto the UK medical register made “an error of principle” in the way it made the decision, three Court of Appeal judges have ruled unanimously. The tribunal had “applied the wrong test” when it restored Shekhar Chandra to the register, the judges held. It had relied almost exclusively on the issue of whether he had remediated his behaviour and failed properly to understand the central importance of the need to [...]
Pittsburgh psychiatrist Kenneth Stanko sued for allegedly hooking patient on oxycodone
PennRecord Court rules against troubled Pittsburgh psychiatrist sued for allegedly hooking patient on oxycodone By Erianne Leatherman August 14, 2018 PITTSBURGH – A civil court has overruled preliminary objections in a professional negligence lawsuit filed by a Pittsburgh man against his psychiatrist, who allegedly overprescribed oxycodone, resulting in his dependency and addiction to the drug. In a Jan. 5 filing in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, plaintiff Regan DiCarlo sued defendants Kenneth Stanko, M.D.; Bloomfield Health Mart; Pharmacy, Inc.; Bloomfield Drug Store and James Koll, RPh. DiCarlo is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, as well as lawyer [...]
No Science – Psychs Change their Minds
Atlanta Journal-Constitution State experts change opinions in condemned killer’s case By Bill Rankin Feb. 14, 2013 Psychiatrist Thomas Sachy Days before condemned killer Warren Lee Hill’s is scheduled to die, the same state experts who testified Hill was eligible for execution now say they were wrong, according to affidavits released Thursday. Hill is to die by lethal injection on Tuesday at 7 p.m. His lawyers have already asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution. On Thursday, they said they will soon ask a state court judge to consider the doctors’ new statements and will use them when [...]
David Cardwell, Austin Psychiatrist, charged with felonious sexual assault of a patient
American-Statesman Police: Psychiatrist sexually assaulted patient March 8, 2013 By Ciara O'Rourke Psychiatrist David Cardwell An Austin psychiatrist accused of raping a longtime patient has been charged with sexual assault, a second-degree felony. David Cardwell, 64, saw the patient in January because her husband was concerned about her mental health, saying that she had been depressed, according to an affidavit for Cardwell’s arrest. Cardwell gave the woman two pills that made her feel groggy before he put her head on his chest and ran his hands through her hair and over her back, the affidavit says. He later put [...]
Edward Hallowell, Mass. Psychiatrist, “Expert on ADHD”, charged with grabbing butt
WCVB Edward Hallowell, noted psychiatrist, charged with indecent assault Hallowell a specialist in ADD, ADHD May 11, 2015 Psychiatrist Edward Hallowell WALTHAM, Mass. — A noted specialist in the fields of attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is facing charges related to the alleged groping of a woman. Dr. Edward M. Hallowell, who was in Waltham District Court on Monday for a hearing on the charge of indecent assault, is accused of squeezing the buttocks of a makeup artist last October. Watch NewsCenter 5's report Hallowell, a psychiatrist and instructor at Harvard Medical School, was videotaping an [...]
Sridhar Yaratha, Virginia VA psychiatrist, in hot water In three states, Suspended in West Virginia and Iowa amid allegations of alcoholism and sexual misconduct – in Virginia involved in violence against patient
Virginian Pilot State doctor arranged for one mental health patient to attack another, federal judge rules By Scott Daugherty August 6, 2018 Psychiatrist Sridhar Yaratha A doctor at a state mental hospital arranged for one patient to attack another at least three times, a federal judge has ruled. In return, according to court testimony, the attacker was rewarded with extra food, alcohol and drugs. Following a seven-day trial in Norfolk, U.S. District Judge Henry C. Morgan Jr. ordered two former staff members of Central State Hospital in Petersburg to pay $385,000 in damages, plus interest. In a 31-page opinion, he [...]
Lois Farquharson, 88-year-old Psychiatrist Wants out of Prison
PENNLIVE No immediate decision on former Philadelphia psychiatrist's bid for release from prison By Charles Thompson December 06, 2013 Psychiatrist Lois J. Farquharson The State Board of Pardons made no immediate decision Friday on a former Philadelphia psychiatrist's bid for commutation of a life sentence without parole for her role in the 1971 murder of a colleague at the Philadelphia State Hospital. The four-member board instead opted to take Lois J. Farquharson's request "under advisement," essentially giving them more time to review interviews, testimony and arguments presented in the case. Farquharson, now 88 and in frail health, was convicted [...]
NY Psychiatrist Surendra Johri Arrested Again for Sex Abuse
WSYR Utica Psychiatrist Arrested Again For Sex Abuse by Dave Smith Utica, N.Y.- Utica Police have arrested and filed additional sex crime charges against local psychiatrist Surendra Johri. Psychiatrist Surendra Johri Police has charged him with two counts of forcible touching and two counts of sexual abuse. The charges stem from an alleged incident that was brought to the attention of the Utica Police Department and the Justice Center after the announcement of Johri’s prior arrest for sexual abuse last month that involved a different victim. This most recent arrest stems from incidents in 2017 at Community Health Behavior [...]