A Florida doctor, Ishwari Prasad, was placed on probation and fined $7,500 after two colonoscopy procedures where he failed to adhere to the standard medical protocols, according to the Florida Board of Medicine. The incidents occurred in June 2023 at a Tampa surgery center.
During one procedure, Prasad, who is hearing-impaired, did not wear his hearing aids, supposedly preventing him from hearing the patient’s screams that he was not fully sedated, according to officials. Additionally, Prasad allegedly delegated a portion of the procedure to a surgical tech who was not a licensed doctor, further compounding the issues during the surgeries.
Prasad has been restricted from performing gastroenterology procedures following a settlement where he neither admitted nor denied the allegations of medical malpractice. He has been practicing medicine since the early 1980s, with a license issued in Florida in 1990.
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Where did my comment disappear to? I censorship now a regular thing at this website too?
Where did my comment disappear to? I censorship now a regular thing at this website too?
“Hearing-impaired doctor missed patient yelling during colonoscopy”
Not to make light of the apparent discomfort, but that title struck me as being more associated with a Babylon Bee article than a legitimate news article. It could even be an idea for a comedy skit.
$7,500!?! You call this is a fine for dangerous negligence — that happened TWICE!?! This is not punitive , it is more like a slight annoyance. It should be AT LEAST TEN TIMES the total public charge for the procedure — not what an insurance company might pay.
Where the H were the attending nurses? Were they deaf too?
[I have heard that doctors like to have music playing will they are doing medical procedures. Did that play a role? Maybe they can blame the audio system (like blaming gun manufacturers for gun violence).]
Why not just say “no dessert for you after dinner tonight”?
This outrages me.
Doctors generally put people “under” for colonoscopies for their own benefit. I’m at risk for colon cancer so have the procedure every 3 years and it’s not really that uncomfortable without being anesthesized. What’s the big deal? Man up! Woman up!
Two corollaries and a conclusion:
1) Because of reading Sheryl Attkisson’s articles and going through the COVID spectacle, I don’t trust so-called “medical experts” (eg. doctors who are also included in that oxymoronic titled group).
2) Because of this article and all the COVID shenanigans, I can’t even trust organizations (who are government sanctioned and certified) whose reason for being is regulating doctors-so that these practitioners are not mal-practicing on the public (which includes me and my family),
3) So whom am I going to trust. I guess, people like Sheryl Attkisson.
OMG wasn’t anyone else in the room with them!