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Doctor Was Really a Serial Killer: Prosecutors

German man charged with killing 15 patients with drug cocktail

(Newser) - A palliative care doctor should work to improve patients' quality of life, not end their lives, as a German doctor is accusing of doing. Prosecutors in Berlin say the 40-year-old man murdered at least 15 patients over three years, apparently for no reason other than he had a "lust"...

Wife of Murdered Doctor Must Pay Stepkids $200M

But so far, no criminal charges against Rebecca Schwartz for 2014 killing of Steven Schwartz

(Newser) - The spouse of a doctor found murdered in his Florida mansion more than a decade ago will have to open her wallet for the deceased physician's adult kids. WFLA reports that Rebecca Schwartz, 64, was ordered earlier this month by a civil court to pay her three stepchildren nearly...

Surgeon Accused of Abusing 299 Patients, Mostly Kids

Joël Le Scouarnec of France allegedly described himself as a lifelong pedophile

(Newser) - Former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec took the stand on the first day of the largest child sexual abuse trial in French history on Monday, saying he would take responsibility for his crimes. The 74-year-old is charged with raping or sexually abusing 299 patients who were under anesthesia or recovering...

Doc Charged With Murdering 10 Patients

Unnamed German doctor showed 'lust for murder,' say cops

(Newser) - A doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients and, in five cases, trying to cover up the evidence by starting fires, investigators said Tuesday, per the AP . The unidentified doctor, who...

Man Convicted of Murder of Sleeping Trainee Doctor

Court finds Sanjay Roy raped and murdered a trainee doctor in Kolkata

(Newser) - A police volunteer has been found guilty of the August rape and murder of a trainee doctor in the hospital where she worked, in a case that deeply rattled India. Sanjay Roy had been accused of drunkenly arriving at the hospital and attacking the 31-year-old as she slept following a...

Cops: Beverly Hills Doc Drugged, Raped Employee

And authorities think Babak Hajhosseini, 42, may have more victims

(Newser) - The founder of Beverly Hills' Wound and Burn Centers of America has been accused of drugging and raping a staff member in his home. Per the Los Angeles Times , 42-year-old Babak Hajhosseini, also a doctor and visiting specialist for Catalina Island Health, was arrested late last month on suspicion of...

Fox Contributor Dr. Kelly Powers Dies at 45
Fox Contributor
Dr. Kelly Powers Dies at 45
obituary
Dec 4, 2024 4:47 PM CST

Fox Contributor Dr. Kelly Powers Dies at 45

Surgeon became the patient after brain cancer diagnosis

(Newser) - She called herself the "luckiest unlucky girl." Dr. Kelly Powers, a physician and surgeon who made numerous appearances on Fox News and Fox Business in the leadup to a 2020 brain cancer diagnosis, died of cancer Sunday at age 45. It was just one illness she suffered. She...

'Instead of Curing Pain,' This Doctor 'Inflicted It'
Doctor Who Tampered
With IV Bags Gets 190 Years
UPDATED
Nov 20, 2024 6:10 PM CST

Doctor Who Tampered With IV Bags Gets 190 Years

Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. was found guilty of causing cardiac emergencies through drugged IV bags

(Newser) - A doctor found guilty of injecting dangerous drugs into IV bags at a facility in North Dallas has been sentenced to 190 years in federal prison. Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz was found guilty earlier this year of crimes including tampering with consumer products resulting in serious bodily injury. Prosecutors said...

Russia Convicts Doc Accused of Saying Soldier Deserved to Die

Doctor gets 5.5 years in penal colony, denies telling 7-year-old his dad's death in Ukraine was legit

(Newser) - More than 1,000 people in Russia have reportedly faced criminal prosecution for vocalizing their opposition to the war in Ukraine, and now an elderly pediatrician there is facing her own repercussions. Citing state news agency Tass, Reuters reports that 68-year-old Nadezhda Buyanova was sentenced by a Russian court on...

Indian Doctors Refuse Work After One Raped, Killed on Duty
After Doctor Is Raped, Killed
at Work, Protesters Amass
the rundown
Aug 15, 2024 11:07 AM CDT

After Doctor Is Raped, Killed at Work, Protesters Amass

Police have been accused of trying to shield suspects

(Newser) - Protests have erupted in cities across India following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in the hospital where she worked. The 31-year-old's body was discovered last week in a seminar hall of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a state-run teaching hospital in Kolkata, capital of...

On Greek Isle, a British TV Doctor Vanishes

Search continues for Michael Mosley on Aegean island of Symi

(Newser) - After hours of searching, authorities have found no trace of a British TV doctor who vanished while vacationing on the tiny Greek island of Symi, just a few miles off the coast of Turkey. Michael Mosley, a BBC presenter and Daily Mail columnist who helped popularize intermittent fasting, reportedly set...

Man Running for Congress Just Hit the Jackpot

Republican Josh McConkey will fund campaign in North Carolina with his half of $1.5M winnings

(Newser) - A North Carolina physician hit it big in the lottery earlier this month, and that money came just in time for him to fund his run for Congress. WNCN reports that Dr. Josh McConkey, who's also a colonel in the Air Force Reserve, matched all five balls in the...

Key to Saving Lives From Snakebites Could Be a Pill

Matthew Lewin hopes varespladib, currently in clinical trials via Ophirex, will help buy victims time

(Newser) - According to World Health Organization stats, nearly 140,000 people die annually around the globe from venomous snakebites, with most of them succumbing to the snake's venom before they can get emergency assistance. A California doctor hopes his idea will stymie the Grim Reaper in many of those cases,...

Doctor Who Claimed He Woke to Find Wife Dead Is Convicted

E. Scott Sills said he discovered Susann Sills at bottom of stairs in 2016

(Newser) - The Southern California fertility doctor who was arrested in 2019, three years after his wife was found dead at their home after he said she'd fallen down the stairs, was on Tuesday convicted of her murder. During the trial of E. Scott Sills, prosecutors pointed out the blood stains...

Jewish Doctor Fired for Anti-Hamas Posts Sues

Dr. Benjamin Neel accuses NYU Langone of wrongful termination, religious discrimination

(Newser) - Pilots , journalists , professors , and doctors have been fired or otherwise disciplined for comments supporting and condemning Israel's offensive in Gaza, and now, in what will add to a nationwide debate over what's considered protected speech amid the Israel-Hamas war, one doctor is suing in response. Dr. Benjamin...

Rogan, Musk, RFK Jr. Zero In on One Vaccine Scientist
Rogan, Musk, RFK Jr. Zero In
on One Vaccine Scientist
the rundown
Jun 19, 2023 11:11 AM CDT

Rogan, Musk, RFK Jr. Zero In on One Vaccine Scientist

Dr. Peter Hotez of Houston says he's being 'stalked'

(Newser) - Anthony Fauci has long been public enemy No. 1 in the eyes of vaccine opponents. With Fauci retired, it appears that a vaccine scientist in Houston might be assuming the unwanted role. The scientist is Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of...

In ChatGPT vs. Actual Doctors, an 'Unexpected' Result

Patients rated AI chatbot more empathetic in its written advice than human doctors

(Newser) - Scriptwriters , lawyers , and telemarketers are all warily eyeing ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that may soon start horning in on their jobs. Doctors might want to keep tabs on how the AI tool could affect their industry as well, especially after new research found that ChatGPT had a better...

Ex-Model Takes Plea in Killing of Psychiatrist, 71

Prosecutors say victim Thomas Burchard cut off money he had been giving to Kelsey Turner

(Newser) - A former model has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal beating of a 71-year-old psychiatrist, reports USA Today . Kelsey Turner, 29, took what's known as an Alford plea in the 2019 slaying of Thomas Burchard, meaning she maintained her innocence while pleading guilty to the murder charge....

Doctor Who First Helped Diana in Crash: I Didn't Recognize Her

As 25th anniversary approaches, Frederic Mailliez speaks about the night of the fatal 1997 accident

(Newser) - The woman was crumpled on the floor of a mangled Mercedes, unconscious and struggling to breathe. The French doctor had no idea who she was and focused on trying to save her. Twenty-five years later, Frederic Mailliez is still marked by what happened in the Alma Tunnel in Paris on...

Doctor Convicted of Abusing Patients Found Dead at Rikers

Ricardo Cruciani faced life sentence and another trial next year

(Newser) - A New York neurologist awaiting sentencing for sexually assaulting his patients was found dead Monday at the Rikers Island jail. A New York City jury had convicted Dr. Ricardo Cruciani of two counts of rape, seven of criminal sexual acts, one of predatory sexual assault, and one of attempted rape,...

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