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Christopher Daniel Duntsch (born April 3, 1971) [1] is a former American neurosurgeon who has been nicknamed Dr. D. and Dr. Death[2] for 33 incidents of gross neurosurgical malpractice while working at hospitals in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, which maimed 31 patients and caused 2 deaths. [3] He was accused of injuring 33 out of 38 ...
Euthanasia medicine. Murad Jacob " Jack " Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime". [ 2 ] Kevorkian said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end.
As of 1 December 2023, Shipman, also nicknamed "Dr. Death" and "The Angel of Death", is the only British doctor to have been convicted of murdering patients, although other doctors, such as Isyaka Mamman, [65] have been acquitted of similar crimes or convicted of lesser charges [66] [67] and nurses such as Lucy Letby, Beverley Allitt, Colin ...
Heart doctor killed in Fresno crash remembered by colleagues. Anthony Galaviz. October 16, 2023 at 4:35 PM. The untimely deaths of a prominent heart doctor and his wife in a car crash Friday night ...
Having a female doctor could lower the risk of death or major health issues after surgery or hospitalization, studies have shown over and over.. The latest evidence, published Wednesday in the ...
Michael Swango. Michael Joseph Swango (born James Michael Swango, [ 1 ] October 21, 1954) is an American serial killer and physician who is estimated to have been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues in the United States and Zimbabwe, although he admitted to causing only four deaths.
Memorial Medical Center [a] in New Orleans, Louisiana was heavily damaged when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. [1] In the aftermath of the storm, while the building had no electricity and went through catastrophic flooding after the levees failed, Dr. Anna Pou, along with other doctors and nurses, attempted to continue caring for patients. [2]
Paolo Macchiarini. Paolo Macchiarini (born 22 August 1958) [ 1 ][ 2 ] is a thoracic surgeon and former regenerative medicine researcher who became known for research fraud and manipulative behavior. [ 3 ][ 4 ] He was convicted of research-related crimes in Italy and Sweden. [ 5 ][ 6 ] Previously considered a pioneer for using both biological ...