After undergoing more than two dozen cardiac procedures over a period of twenty years at St. Joseph Hospital in London, Kentucky, a patient was told by an outside cardiologist in Lexington that a recent procedure had been performed unnecessarily on an artery that was barely blocked. “I would have not carried out this procedure,” the…
400 Patients Sue Kentucky Hospital and 11 Cardiologists Over Unnecessary Procedures
February 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Missouri Board Issues Emergency Suspension Of Cardiologist Accused Of Implanting Unnecessary Stents
January 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A Missouri cardiologist who has been accused of unnecessarily implanting stents in six patients has been temporarily barred from seeing patients. The Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, which licenses physicians and investigates and disciplines physicians in cases of accused misconduct, issued an emergency suspension of the cardiologist’s license to practice, according to…
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