MEDIA
Nuwan Galappathie, Birmingham psychiatrist, slammed
Daily Mail EXCLUSIVE - Psychiatrist is slammed by immigration tribunal for saying that a man who appealed against his deportation to Cameroon after raping his own daughter does not display 'distorted sexual attitudes towards children' By Sarah Limbrick September 12, 2023 -- Excerpt An eminent consultant psychiatrist has been slammed by an immigration tribunal for concluding an African man who raped his own daughter does not display 'distorted sexual attitudes towards children'. The twisted father was appealing against deportation to Cameroon on human rights grounds after serving an 18-year sentence for the harrowing ordeal he subjected his little girl to [...]
Analía Beatriz Rodríguez, Argentina Psychiatrist – Horror – Dogs
Analía Beatriz Rodríguez Google translation Nuevo Diario Horror in Temperley: they rescued more than 15 dogs that were mistreated by a psychiatrist Justice is investigating the case to determine the death of the animals and the accusation that falls to Analía Beatriz Rodríguez, the woman designated as an abuser. August 29, 2023 -- Excerpt Social networks were essential for the rescue of more than 15 dogs that lived "in the house of terror" in Temperley. The animals belonged to a psychiatrist who kept them in deplorable conditions. The dramatic rescue occurred in a house located at Carabelas 100, in the [...]
Andrew McFarland, Illinois Psychiatrist, used torturous treatment
Andrew McFarland Capitol News Illinois 160 years later, activist Elizabeth Packard honored in place of abusive psychiatrist she exposed By Jerry Nowicki and Molly Parker August 9, 2023 Elizabeth Packard In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville by her husband, a Calvinist minister, for, in part, publicly disagreeing with his positions on religion, women’s rights and slavery. She remained there for more than three years under the care of a psychiatrist who used torturous treatment methods likened to waterboarding, and who collaborated in the imprisonment [...]
Pieter van der Westhuizen, Swakopmund psychiatrist, arrested
Pieter van der Westhuizen Windhoek Observer Notorious Swakopmund psychiatrist behind bars again August 4, 2023 Niël TerbLanché -- Excerpt Pieter van der Westhuizen, 67, a Swakopmund-based psychiatrist was arrested at the start of this week on Gender-Based Violence charges after he viciously attacked his wife in the Ocean View home on Sunday... Van der Westhuizen appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court earlier this week on charges related to Gender-Based Violence as read with the Domestic Violence Act. He was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly assaulted his 52-year-old wife during an argument at their home in [...]
Saskatoon psychiatrist has been accused
Star Phoenix Saskatoon psychiatrist accused of defrauding government agency July 28, 2023 -- Excerpt A Saskatoon psychiatrist has been accused of defrauding a government agency of more than $90,000 through fraudulent billing. A criminal investigation started after police were notified in February 2022 by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan “of suspected fraudulent activity relating to the medical billings of a Saskatoon psychiatrist,” police said on Friday in a news release. Members of the economic crime section have concluded their investigation and “found that a government agency had been defrauded of more than [...]
Hemant Sharma, Queensland psychiatrist, used drugs with patient
Hemant Sharma The Courier Mail 'Infatuated' psychiatrist's costly romance July 26, 2023 By Vanessa Marsh -- Excerpt A Queensland psychiatrist who became "infatuated" with a female patient half his age splashed $1.5m to impress her, buying her a house, a car, a trip to Europe and investing in her cafe. Hemant Kumar Sharma engaged in an "appalling breach of professional obligations" when he entered into a sexual relationship with his patient whom he treated for five weeks from December 2016. The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has made orders suspending Sharma from practising as a psychiatrist for three years, finding [...]
Simon Bainbridge, Auckland psychiatrist, struck off
nzherald.co.nz Auckland psychiatrist Simon Bainbridge struck off for intimate relationship with vulnerable patient By Raphael Franks July 23, 2023 -- Excerpt An Auckland psychiatrist who had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient over six years has been struck off, censured and ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars in costs. The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal cancelled Simon Bainbridge’s doctor’s registration as his “conduct was of such a serious nature”. Bainbridge’s patient, who has name suppression and is only referred to as Ms E, suffered from depression along with verbal and mobility difficulties, needing a walking frame. She was [...]
Óscar Francisco Coronado Molina, Peru Psychiatrist
Óscar Francisco Coronado Molina Google Translation: El Comercio Callao: psychiatrist accused of abusing minors continues to work at Hospital San José and his salary is raised By Mathías Panizo Arana July 7, 2023 -- Excerpt ... Through the corridors of the San José Hospital (HSJ) in Callao walks Óscar Francisco Coronado Molina, a psychiatrist who has multiple complaints of sexual harassment and abuse against him. As much as the dramatic experiences of his victims, including minors, broke out in the press in 2018, Coronado Molina continues with the freedom to exercise and maintains a position in the Chalaco hospital. Prior [...]
Andre Jedrzejczyk, Maghull Psychiatrist, tried to kill “friend”
Andre Jedrzejczyk Liverpool Echo Man said friend would be 'better off dead' and tried to kill her Andre Jedrzejczyk told police his friend's life was ruined and "she would be better off dead" By Wesley Holmes June 29, 2023 -- Excerpt A former psychiatrist tried to kill his friend by viciously beating her about the head after becoming convinced she would be "better off dead". Andre Jedrzejczyk, 60, believed he was committing "an act of mercy" when he attacked his 75-year-old female friend with a glass and a concrete ornament, leaving her badly injured in a pool of blood. [...]
Eskender Getachew, Galena psychiatrist, convicted
Eskender Getachew Press Release Doctor Convicted of Illegally Distributing Opioids and Other Drugs Friday, June 23, 2023 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs A federal jury in Columbus convicted an Ohio doctor yesterday for illegally prescribing buprenorphine and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Eskender Getachew, 58, of Galena, unlawfully prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines to his patients. This included prescribing Subutex, which has a high risk of abuse and diversion, to patients for whom the drug is not indicated. The number of pills Getachew prescribed depended [...]
Kabir Garg, South London Psychiatrist, jailed
BBC Kabir Garg: Doctor jailed for dark web child sexual abuse images --Excerpt A junior doctor has been jailed for six years for his role in a dark web chat site dedicated to sharing images of child sexual abuse. Kabir Garg, 33, from Lewisham, south-east London, pleaded guilty at Woolwich Crown Court to facilitating the exploitation of children. Until he was arrested in November, he had been working as a psychiatrist for South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. Garg had acted as a "moderator" of the site, the court had heard. This involved overseeing the running of the site, [...]
Head of psychiatry convicted
Head of psychiatry Google Translation Lakartidningen Head of psychiatry convicted of child pornography A psychiatrist in a management position is sentenced to a suspended sentence and community service for possession of child pornography and for having created child pornography of a person with whom he had a personal relationship. By Jesper Cederberg June 14, 2023 -- Excerpt The doctor is said to have had close to 600 child porn images and some videos on his computer and mobile phone, which were found during the police search. According to the prosecutor, the 1950s images can be classified as particularly reckless. [...]
Scott Woodside, Ontario psychiatrist, “too biased to give evidence”
thestar.com Leading Ontario forensic psychiatrist too biased to give evidence, 'cut and pasted' opinions, judge finds June 13, 2023 By Betsy Powell -- Excerpt The professional credibility of one of Ontario's leading forensic psychiatrists has been called into question by a judge who took the unusual step of refusing to qualify him as an expert, finding him too biased to give evidence. The recent decision by Superior Court Justice Laura Bird - who concluded Toronto's Dr. Scott Woodside "cut and pasted" and made numerous errors in reports filed with the court - has sent shock waves through the criminal [...]
Howard Weiss, Greenwood Village Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Howard Weiss Press Release Greenwood Village Psychiatrist Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Distribution of Controlled Substances and Financial Crimes Thursday, June 8, 2023 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Colorado DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Howard Weiss of Greenwood Village was sentenced to six months in federal prison for distributing a controlled substance outside the usual course of professional practice, for structuring financial transactions in a way to evade reporting requirements, and for engaging in monetary transactions greater than $10,000 that were derived from unlawful activity. After his custodial sentence, [...]
Sangeeta Baruah, Guwahati psychiatrist, arrested
Hindustan Times Guwahati doctor couple arrested for torturing adopted daughter By Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha, Silchar May 08, 2023 -- Excerpt One of the couple’s neighbours had on Friday approached the police with a photograph of the minor girl tied to a pole on the terrace in summer heat. A doctor couple and their domestic help were arrested in Guwahati for allegedly torturing the couple’s four-year-old girl, who the couple said they had adopted more than three years ago, police said on Sunday. Police on Saturday night arrested psychiatrist Sangeeta Baruah from a house in Meghalaya’s Ri Bhoi district, a day [...]
Sangeeta Datta, Guwahati psychiatrist, arrested
Sangeeta Datta The Times of India 3-year-old adopted girl sexually abused, says Guwahati police By Mukut Das May 8, 2023 -- Excerpt GUWAHATI: The medical reports of the three-year-old girl, who was allegedly tortured by her adoptive doctor parents, established that she was also sexually abused, police said on Sunday. Guwahati police commissioner Diganta Barah said the child has been kept at the state home and a team of medical experts has been providing treatment to her. "Her medical reports revealed many worrying injury marks on her body, including private parts. Reports establish sexual offence was also commited," he said. [...]
James Dodson, Clarksville Psychiatrist, Pleads Guilty
James Dodson PRESS RELEASE Clarksville Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Making False Statements To Medicare & Tricare Wednesday, May 3, 2023 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Tennessee NASHVILLE – A Clarksville, Tennessee psychiatrist pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to two counts of making false statements relating to health care matters, announced U.S. Attorney Henry C. Leventis. Dr. James Maures Dodson, 57, pleaded guilty to making false statements to Medicare and TRICARE in connection with two types of criminal activity. First, he caused his practice, Clarksville Behavioral Health (CBH), to submit [...]
Ricardo Ramírez, Arica Psychiatrist, charged with killing wife
Ricardo Ramírez CE Noticias Financieras English Court confirmed preventive custody for psychiatrist who killed his matronly wife in Azapa Valley April 28, 2023 -- Excerpt The Court of Appeals of Arica confirmed the preventive imprisonment of the psychiatrist Ricardo Antonio Yévenes Ramírez, charged as the perpetrator of the crime of femicide of his wife, the midwife Fabiola Vargas Pallauta, a crime committed in the Azapa Valley last December. In a unanimous decision, the First Chamber of the Court of Appeals - composed by the ministers Pablo Zavala Fernández, José Delgado Ahumada and the judicial prosecutor Juan Manuel Escobar Salas [...]
Hemant Kumar Sharma, Townsville psychiatrist, suspended
Hemant Kumar Sharma Townsville Bulletin (Australia) Local psychiatrist hit with 3-year suspension March 17, 2023 By Cameron Bates -- Excerpt A TOWNSVILLE psychiatrist banned from treating women has now been suspended from practising in Queensland for the next three years. The Office of the Health Ombudsman confirmed that the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) had officially reprimanded Dr Hemant Kumar Sharma on February 28, 2023. "QCAT also suspended Dr Sharma's registration for three years," a spokesman said in a statement to the Townsville Bulletin. "The suspension takes effect from 30 April 2023." Healthlink Family Medical Centre in Cranbrook confirmed [...]
PEI Psychiatrist Arvind Singh, focus of a 10-day hearing
PEI Psychiatrist Arvind Singh CBC Summerside psychiatrist disciplined over care of young patient By Carolyn Ryan March 08, 2023 -- Excerpt A College of Physicians and Surgeons of P.E.I. committee has found a Summerside psychiatrist guilty of professional misconduct, after a hearing in late January. The college says Dr. Arvind Singh engaged in "conduct or an act relevant to the practice of medicine that, having regard to the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by medical practitioners as unprofessional." The identities of three people complaining about Arvind's behaviour, one of whom was a patient, was not revealed in documents filed on [...]
Ashok Jain, Texas psychiatrist – unnecessary brain stimulation
Ashok Jain Press Release Psychiatrist settles claims for unnecessary brain stimulation treatments Friday, March 3, 2023 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas HOUSTON – A 61-year-old doctor and companies he owned and operated have agreed to pay the United States $3 million to resolve claims they improperly billed Medicare, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Dr. Ashok Jain and companies known as Psychiatric Solutions P.C., Longview Psychiatric Center PLLC and Longview Psychiatric Center LP knowingly and willfully submitted, or caused the submission of, false claims to Medicare. The allegations included intentionally pressuring patients to accept unnecessary [...]
Duane Bevans, Provo Psychiatrist, WANTED
Duane Bevans CTV News Former Lethbridge psychiatrist faces charges in historical sexual assault By Michael Franklin Senior Digital Producer March 1, 2023 -- Excerpt Lethbridge police say a 77-year-old former psychiatrist, who once practiced in Alberta, faces sexual assault charges in connection with incidents dating back to the 1980s. Officials say a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Duane Bevans, a resident of Provo, Utah. The arrest order was initiated as a result of an investigation that Lethbridge police began in 2020, after a female told them she had been sexually assaulted by her psychiatrist in the early 1980s. "The [...]
Zholia Alemi, UK psychiatrist, jailed
The Guardian Judge jails fake NHS psychiatrist and criticises ‘abject failure of scrutiny’ By Josh Halliday North of England correspondent February 28, 2023 -- Excerpt A bogus psychiatrist who practised in the NHS for 22 years with a fake degree has been jailed, as a judge criticised medical authorities for an “abject failure of scrutiny”. Zholia Alemi was ordered to serve seven years in prison after being found guilty of a “deliberate and wicked deception” that allowed her to treat hundreds of patients across Britain. Alemi, who is believed to be 60, earned £1.3m in wages after forging the degree [...]
Niazi Saifullah, Richmond psychiatrist, sex with patient
Niazi Saifullah The Progress-Index How a doctor with a history of malpractice got away with running multiple group homes Joyce Chu February 20, 2023 PETERSBURG—In 2005, a Richmond psychiatrist met with his patient at a hotel and engaged in sexual activities, handing her liquor and medical drugs. He ran a business that churned through dozens, at times over a hundred, patients a day—yet from at least 2011 to 2013, he didn't see many of the patients himself. Instead, his other unlicensed staff members diagnosed and prescribed medicine for them, which would sometimes be the wrong dosage. They took the prescriptions [...]
Stefano Maria Cogliati Dezza, Psychiatrist, Italy
Stefano Maria Cogliati Dezza Stupra e frusta la paziente: 4 anni allo psichiatra Corriere della Sera (Italy) By Giulio De Santis February 16, 2023 Prima, con una terapia ad hoc, ha consentito a una paziente di dimagrire. Poi, una volta carpita la sua fiducia, Stefano Maria Cogliati Dezza, 71 anni, psichiatra, l'ha spinta ad avere rapporti intimi estremi, obbligandola a farsi frustare o a subire colate di cera calda sulla schiena. Arrivando infine a stuprarla. Pratiche così dolorose da imporre iniezioni per ridurre la sofferenza. È questa la ricostruzione della Procura che ha convinto il gup Valeria Tommassini, al termine [...]