Doctor who turned a blind eye to colonoscopy patient's screams, it turns out he's hearing aid
Aug 19, 2024
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According to US media such as USA Today and the New York Post, Dr. Ishwari Prasad, an 84-year-old gastroenterologist in Tampa, Florida, did not hear the screams of patients who were not anesthetized because they did not wear hearing aids during colonoscopy. In addition, another patient was charged with performing surrogate procedures on an unqualified person.
According to an administrative complaint from the Ministry of Health obtained by local media, Dr. Prasad was found to have delegated medical work 'inappropriately' to a medical equipment technician without a medical license.
Dr. Prasad instructed the technician to perform 'at least one task' in care including endoscopic insertion, range manipulation, instrumentation manipulation of polyps or tissues, and polyps or tissue removal.
In addition, in another patient's colonoscopy, Dr. Prasad inserted the endoscope before the patient was fully anesthetized, which caused the patient to scream in pain.
The complaint states that " (Prasad) did not immediately stop the procedure even though (the patient) was not completely sedated," he said, citing the fact that he could not hear the patient's shouting because he was not wearing hearing aids.
The patient screamed and was in pain, but Dr. Prasad kept moving the endoscope.
In addition, although the hospital staff said "I have to wait because I'm not fully anesthetized", Dr. Prasad continued to manipulate the endoscope, even though he shouted "I know".
In the course of the medical authorities' investigation, the technician who performed the surrogate procedure regularly assists in various medical practicesHe explained that "this is because Dr. Prasad cannot perform it himself".
She told investigators "Push the endoscope, hold the endoscope, cut the polyps, clip in, remove and pull out the specimen".
Meanwhile, medical authorities fined Dr. Prasad a total of $13,800 (about 18.5 million won) along with suspension of work.
It also ordered that five hours of medical education be completed every day in time for the working day by August 7 next year.
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