http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1152845738245850.xml&coll=7
My Comments are below the following excerpts.
"Dr. Jayant M. Patel, the former Portland surgeon facing possible criminal charges in Australia, has agreed not to practice medicine in the United States, at least until the Australian investigation is completed.
The agreement, between Patel and the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners, suspends his Oregon license indefinitely and bars him from applying for a medical license in any state. It ends local proceedings against Patel in the meantime.
Patel, 56, signed the order June 30, and the Oregon medical board, which regulates the practice of medicine statewide, unanimously approved it Thursday. "
"The agreement, called an interim stipulated order, says Patel's license will remain suspended until he proves "that the criminal and administrative process against him in Australia is complete," with all penalties and conditions satisfied.
Board members said that effectively ends Patel's career, protecting patients without a costly, protracted legal battle. The Australian case could take years to resolve."
This is really great news but they should have taken this action about six years ago. Patel still gets away with what he has done. He still isn't receiving any punishment and the families and patients harmed by him still have no justice.
I don't know why the Oregon Medical Board didn't just kick the patients in the teeth while they were at it.
By letting Patel off the hook they send the message to the others that this type of behavior is ok.
One of these days a medical board or a district attorney somewhere in this country is going to wake up and realize that they are compounding the injuries against patients with these types of actions. Claiming that it is cheaper to finally pull or suspend a license for physician criminal activity instead of addressing the issues head on is absolutely lame.
A physician is still a person just as any other professional that spends a number of years studying and passing tests to get a license. Physicians should not have a different set of standards for criminal conduct.
Jayant Patel participated in insurance and Medicare Fraud in this country. He harmed patients by falsely representing himself as an authority on procedures and surgeries that he performed on patients, bringing them harm for a corporations financial gain. The corporation knew what he was doing and he certainly knew what he was doing. Neither the corporation nor Jayant Patel are innocent in this matter.
In Australia he did the same darn thing. His motive behind all these operations was to produce revenue for a corporation or a government entity. Plain and simple.
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