Texas Surgeon Gets Life In Prison - Dozens Maimed During Operations
A Dallas jury sentenced a neurosurgeon to life in prison after they heard from over a dozen patient who testified Christopher Duntsch seriously maimed them while they were under his knife.
Duntsch, who practiced medicine at various hospitals in Dallas and Collin counties, was accused of crippling four patients and causing the deaths of two others between July 2012 and June 2013. The 46-year-old was arrested in July 2015 on five aggravated-assault charges.
His 13-day trial in a Dallas County courtroom focused only on a charge of injury to an elderly individual — a first-degree felony where someone "intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence" injures an elderly person.
That victim, Mary Efurd, was 74 in 2012 when she went under Duntsch's knife and lost a third of her blood and the full use of her legs.
"I trusted him," Efurd testified three weeks ago. "I trusted that he would do what was right."
But a doctor who treated Efurd after her botched surgery said Duntsch had "done virtually everything wrong." Dr. Robert Henderson found implants placed in muscle instead of on bone, a screw drilled into her spinal cavity and a nerve root that had been amputated.
I learned long ago that if you want a good referral, always ask a nurse or someone who works in records. They see everything.
ReplyDeleteSee a profile of the creep? Really creepy. Sociopath. Should get life in prison without parole. In the general population.
ReplyDelete@nosey, that's excellent advise! Should be advertised everywhere.
ReplyDeleteLet's also talk about the board of medicine who let this many happen . Sad truth is political correctness - you can't give a true reference - nurses with drug diversion often takes 2-3 years for cases to investigate- in the meantime they are working in your nursing homes and hospices
ReplyDeleteMD reporting is worse- they move them out the door to the next place- hint above is best- ask for nurses reference - off record you will find out- see who they go to
This story read to me that the guy is a completely inept, terrible surgeon and did not intend to cause harm. Still awful and needs prosecution, but it's not as crazy as stories about medical professionals intending to do harm. This one haunts me: http://swordandscale.com/sword-and-scale-episode-40/
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