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Watchdog Group Predicts Chilling Effect for Winkler County Nurses Trial

By Beth Janicek

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Even though a jury in West Texas acquitted Anne Mitchell, the nurse on trial for reporting a doctor for improper care, Alex Winslow, the executive director of the consumer group Texas Watch, believes that there will be a 'chilling effect' on nurses who want to report wrongdoings by doctors.

In a news release Winslow said,

'The very fact that she was prosecuted will make individuals who have information that could save lives think twice before speaking up, putting Texas patients at risk…Texas has become the Wild West when it comes to medicine. Out courthouses are closed and patients have no public advocates. Now, our only line of defense to protect patients from dangerous, careless, or unqualified doctors, the Texas Medical board, is hamstrung because of prosecution.'

Mari Robinson, the executive director of the Texas Medical Board, said in a letter to prosecutors,

'The willingness of persons to come forward and file complaints with the Board is critical to the Board's success in regulating the practice of medicine as required by Texas law. Causing persons to fear criminal felony prosecution if they do so undermines the Board's ability to do its job.'

This case never should have gone to trial, and the fact that it did may affect the way that other nurses report doctors in the future. For the sake of everyone's health in Texas, I hope it does not.

What do you think…Is the public better off with nurses reporting dangerous doctors?

You can read my other blogs on this story below:

Texas nurses facing third-degree felony charges after filing complaint

Charging Texas Nurses Sends a Bad Signal to All Whistleblowers

Texas Whistleblower Nurse Stands Trial

Texas Nurse NOT GUILTY!

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Beth Janicek

Full post as published by San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyer on February 16, 2010 (boomark / email).

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