A former Texas dentist who left a young child, 4 at the time, with irreversible brain damage after a botched surgery received probation, despite prosecutors seeking a lengthy prison sentence. According to the KHOU, a Harris County jury previously convicted Bethaniel Jefferson of reckless injury to a child. On Thursday, the judge sentenced the ex-dentist …
A Nevada man reportedly died alone in a hospital in July because staff assigned him a fake name which prevented his family members from locating him. KLAS reported that Clifford Allen, 60, died at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas on July 27 after collapsing. Allen’s sister, Lavonne Brubeck, said it was not uncommon for Allen …
A Queens doctor has been charged with more than 50 counts of rape, sexual abuse, drug possession, and unlawful surveillance in connection with six victims at his apartment and at the hospital where he worked. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng was fired from New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital last December when he was arrested for drugging …
A New York-based OBGYN said on Sunday that he plans to file criminal charges against a man who was filmed last month slapping him while claiming he sexually assaulted his wife in 2016. Dr. William Burke, 58, was a panelist at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, on May …
An Ohio plastic surgeon is presenting her case this week to have her license reinstated after the State Medical Board suspended it over issues involving her livestreaming surgeries over TikTok. Katharine Roxanne Grawe, known to her social media followers as Dr. Roxy, has been barred from practicing since November 18, 2022, when the board determined …
After two Americans were found dead following the kidnapping of four people traveling to Mexico for medical reason, another American is warning that medical tourism can lead to other serious consequences.
A beloved Chicago mother of four died earlier this month after having cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic, and her family is pushing for an investigation. Sucretta Tolliver traveled to the island nation on December 12 and died two days later at a recovery home, her daughter, Mariah Price, told WMAQ. “Life is precious, and …
Eleven more women have accused a Florida doctor of suspicious activity in his practice at a medical spa, and two women have filed lawsuits against the spa. Eric Andrews Salata, 54, died by suicide a few days after he was charged with raping two sedated women at the Pure Vida Medical Spa in Naples, which …
A Florida doctor. accused last week of raping sedated women in his practice at a medical spa, is dead. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office investigated on Monday after Eric Andrew Salata’s ankle monitor had not moved for several hours, according to WINK. They found him in a ditch in a wooded area near his home …
A Florida doctor was charged this week with raping two women while they were sedated at a medical spa. Eric Andrew Salata, 54, was arrested on two counts of sexual battery on a physically helpless person on Monday and released on bond the following day, the Miami Herald reported. The Naples doctor is accused of …
North Carolina prosecutors said on Tuesday that they have charged a nurse with killing two patients in January with lethal doses of insulin. Johnathan Hayes, 47, who formerly worked at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, is accused of killing Gwen Crawford, 60, on January 8 and Vickie Lingerfelt, 61, on January 27. WRAL …
