Personal Injury Law

Unique Story Highlights the ?World?s Worst Doctor?

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

Vanity Fair recently posted a story of a doctor who has been dubbed the worst in America. The negligent physician is accused of harming hundreds of patients over his years in practice before fleeing the county.

The Indiana surgeon has a mind-boggling 350 malpractice lawsuits pending against him. The types of errors made are too many to mention, but it seems that the doctor essentially operated a permanently fraudulent operation. Patients would visit the doctor, CAT scans were shown that were not even of the correct patient, and then surgery would be recommended. The CAT scans were shown to scare the patients into thinking surgery was necessary. All that mattered to the doctor was the fact that more surgeries meant more money in his pocket. The unnecessary surgeries involved outdated processes that put hundreds of patients at risk for no reason.

The doctor built his clinic in the tiny Indiana town of Merrillville because the area was filled with working-class citizens who worked hard and had health insurance. In other words, the area was full of individuals who the doctor thought he could exploit for his own gain.

Unfortunately, after pleading guilty to 22 counts of medical fraud, the doctor fled to Europe. He remains in exile, hiding from the hundreds of pending lawsuits and millions of dollars in debt. The negligent doctor?s victims remain without any recourse.

Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on December 12, 2010 (boomark / email).