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Texas Medical Board Disciplines 108 Doctors At Monthly Meeting
Posted on Sep 29, 2011
The Texas Medical Board held its monthly meeting on August 25 and 26, where the members officially disciplined 108 physicians for various violations and actions. Almost half of the doctors were punished for standard of care violations.
Here are just a few of the issues and actions that resulted in a Texas physician disciplinary act:
• A Belton doctor misdiagnosed an anal tumor as hemorrhoids.
• A Houston doctor failed to keep proper medical records and failed to meet the standard of care.
• A Fort Worth doctor knowingly continued to prescribe painkillers to an addict.
• A Sugarland Doctor allowed unlicensed foreign medical students to practice.
• A San Antonio Doctor failed to meet the standard of care and to obtain informed consent.
• A Bryan Doctor failed to properly diagnose a cancerous lesion on a patient who soon died of the illness.
• A Harlingen doctor failed to recognize the symptoms of septic shock in a toddler.
• An Amarillo doctor failed to notify his patients when he closed his practice suddenly.
• A Sunnyvale doctor failed to protect against common complications in a patient with pre-eclampsia.
• A Van Horn doctor performed unnecessary procedures and did not obtain patient consent.
The Dallas medical malpractice attorneys at the Rasansky Law Firm is shocked at such a list of alleged medical errors, inappropriate behaviors, and medical malpractice – but we also understand that these types of mistakes and carelessness take place across Texas every day.
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