Friday, August 24, 2007

Doc Arrested In FBI Sting; Kickbacks, Unnecessary

As a workaholic neurosurgeon in Canada's resource-strapped health care
system, Patrick Chan did not always endear himself to colleagues in Calgary. His
packed caseload, one fellow doctor recalls, would often "saturate" the scarce
operating-room time shared by all the surgeons.
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A-Doc Accused Of Faking Pts' Diagnoses, Treating Them For

On the day of his cancer treatment, 87-year-old Dung Le lay on a table, his frail body sedated as needles loaded with radioactive seeds were
inserted into his prostate to destroy the malignant tissue his doctor told him was there. Afterward, the San Jose man was bruised, fatigued and hungry, having been forbidden to eat solid food for 24 hours.
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