Medical accident deaths 250K- 400K/yr … is this part of the reason ?

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Bad Docs Give Up Licenses, But Not Medical Practice https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/states-of-disgrace/76584 More than 250 surrender licenses in one state, but still practice in another In Louisiana, Larry Mitchell Isaacs, MD, gave up his medical license in the face of discipline, after he removed an allegedly healthy kidney during what was supposed to be colon surgery. In […]

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US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling: warning letters “made no determination that the prescribers receiving these letters have violated the law.”

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

US attorney issues warning to physicians over opioid prescriptions https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/11/29/attorney-issues-warning-physicians-who-had-prescribed-opioids-patients-who-have-died/Y8Q8eylIfLZkHuv3MfpIsN/story.html US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling has sent letters to “a number of medical professionals” alerting them that their opioid prescribing practices “have been identified as a source of concern.” In a statement released Thursday, Lelling said that the professionals who received the warning had prescribed […]

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