Hospital CEO Sues for Discrimination; Docs Question Evidence Against ‘Killer Nurse’

Former MetroHealth CEO Airica Steed, MD, sued the Cleveland-area hospital system, accusing it of discrimination, harassment, and a toxic work environment. (WKYC)

An international panel of neonatal and pediatric specialists have raised doubts about the evidence used to convict Lucy Letby, the British nurse who was found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven others. (New York Times)

Days after a New York doctor was charged for prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications. (AP)

A lawsuit alleges that a surgical sponge was left inside a patient after a cancer surgery at a Northwestern Medicine hospital. (NBC Chicago)

A French surgeon accused of abusing hundreds of young patients — often while they were under anesthesia — will go on trial this month. (BBC News)

Louisiana surgeon Bahman “Ben” Sabbaghian, MD, has been indicted after multiple patients accused him of inappropriate behavior. (KPLC)

Maryland primary care physician Syed Haque, MD, was arrested on charges of rape, sex offense, and assault after a female patient reported that she was inappropriately touched under the guise of pelvic and breast exams. (WMAR)

An Arkansas nurse is accused of using a dead man’s name to purchase oxycodone pills at pharmacies. (FOX News)

Several people in Las Vegas reportedly became sick after receiving injections in an unlicensed doctor’s office. (8 News Now)

Alabama physician Sarah Kathleen Cumbest Mullican, MD, pleaded guilty in a crash that killed her 10-year-old daughter while she was fleeing police. (AL.com)

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