A Seattle couple is suing Salem Hospital in Oregon, alleging staff told them to transport their deceased 9-month-old son's body in the back seat of their car. In New Jersey, a nurse's aide admitted to spraying an elderly nursing home resident with bleach, according to the state attorney general.
A Missouri woman won a $37 million judgment against pain management physician Ramis Gheith, MD, over substandard care and unnecessary treatments. A California physician lost a defamation suit against his hospital and must pay $313,000 in legal fees. Separately, a Michigan nurse faces child abuse charges after a 4-month-old girl was found with multiple broken bones and bruising, and a Maryland nurse was sentenced to a year in prison for taking morphine intended for a 10-year-old recovering from cardiac surgery.
Two more hospitals—NYU Langone and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center—signed DOJ agreements to not provide gender care, bringing the total to six. In other criminal cases, an Alabama neurosurgeon facing child pornography charges was hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt, a former Detroit medical resident was sentenced to about nine years for child sex abuse, and an Arizona internist's trial began over alleged sexual misconduct. Two Georgia lab executives are accused of Medicare fraud targeting faith-based communities and seniors.