Post by robeiae on Feb 23, 2017 11:54:04 GMT -5
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/21/doctor-convicted-life-sentence/98185712/
Why? Because of a series of botched operations:
The guy was a horribly bad surgeon, it would seem. And yet he kept operating, somehow. A very detailed account of his life and time can be read here: www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2016/november/christopher-duntsch-dr-death/
It's a remarkable tale, I think, and not in a good way.
All of that said, does a life sentence makes sense for a doctor who screws up, even one who screws up royally? Nothing I'm reading suggests he was out to do harm. And it seems to me that there should be some sort of process for licensing here. After all, people--including other doctors--were in the operating room with him for many of these cases. It seems to me that those people should have had a way to say "wait a minute, this guy doesn't know what the hell he's doing and he's going to kill someone soon enough."
Life in prison.
Those were the words that Christopher Duntsch never wanted to hear. And the words that his patients and their families desperately wanted to hear.
The one-time neurosurgeon was sentenced by the 12-member jury to spend the remainder of his life behind bars Monday afternoon.
Those were the words that Christopher Duntsch never wanted to hear. And the words that his patients and their families desperately wanted to hear.
The one-time neurosurgeon was sentenced by the 12-member jury to spend the remainder of his life behind bars Monday afternoon.
For weeks, jurors heard the accounts of patients who had been maimed or paralyzed in bungled surgeries. Kellie Martin and Floella Brown died. Jurors also heard from doctors, nurses and other medical professionals who testified they were shocked by what they saw Duntsch do during and after those surgeries.
The guy was a horribly bad surgeon, it would seem. And yet he kept operating, somehow. A very detailed account of his life and time can be read here: www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2016/november/christopher-duntsch-dr-death/
It's a remarkable tale, I think, and not in a good way.
All of that said, does a life sentence makes sense for a doctor who screws up, even one who screws up royally? Nothing I'm reading suggests he was out to do harm. And it seems to me that there should be some sort of process for licensing here. After all, people--including other doctors--were in the operating room with him for many of these cases. It seems to me that those people should have had a way to say "wait a minute, this guy doesn't know what the hell he's doing and he's going to kill someone soon enough."
