Ob/Gyn’s Animal Cruelty Charges; Doc’s Dark Web Murder-for-Hire; Retaliation Suit

Arizona ob/gyn Raquel Marie Mercado-Sepulveda, MD, was arrested on animal cruelty charges for allegedly conducting illegal surgeries on dogs. A tip to animal control officials led to the seizure of 36 dogs and two cats from Mercado-Sepulveda’s home and medical office last year. (12 News)

Georgia doctor James Wan, MD, was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison for paying a hit man that he found on the dark web to murder his girlfriend, according to federal prosecutors.

Michael Stockin, MD, the army doctor accused of sexually abusing 42 alleged victims, will face a court martial that includes 48 counts of abusive sexual contact and five counts of indecent viewing. (CBS News)

“I was in shock; I didn’t know what to do,” a victim testified in the trial of Ishtiaq Malik, MD, who has been accused of raping and sexually assaulting patients in Maryland. (News 4)

A new lawsuit alleged that Minnesota jail workers ignored an inmate who complained of severe pain for several days, ultimately leading to his death from a perforated bowel. (AP)

And another inmate in California died after authorities failed to give him his antiviral drugs during the 2 months he was incarcerated in order to treat his HIV infection, which rapidly developed into AIDS, according to a new lawsuit. (AP)

Virginia ob/gyn Timothy Hardy, MD, is suing Chesapeake Regional Medical Center for retaliation, alleging his hospital privileges were suspended after he complained that the facility put profits over patients. (Virginian-Pilot)

Maine geriatrician Jabbar Fazeli, MD, has settled his discrimination lawsuit against a group of assisted-living facilities. Fazeli had alleged that he was discriminated against for being Muslim and wrongfully fired after clashing with management. (Portland Press Herald)

Peter Stoll III, a regulatory affairs employee at a medical device maker in Pennsylvania, was sentenced to a year in prison for faking FDA approval of two medical devices, one of which was a bone saw, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Boston Medical Center that was filed by a nurse who was fired for refusing a COVID shot, ruling that Maureen McCarthy failed to show that her conviction relates to her religion. (Boston.com)

Utah nurse Catherine Worman has been accused of giving out morphine that led to a patient’s death last year. (KSL 5)

New York physician George Blatti, MD, who had been convicted of five counts of manslaughter for illegally prescribing drugs to people addicted to opioids, was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison. (ABC 7)

California physician Noha Aboelata, MD, and the community health center that she runs, filed the first lawsuit charging that pulse oximeters aren’t accurate when it comes to measuring blood oxygen levels in people of color. (Nature)

A third lawsuit has been filed against Panera over its highly caffeinated charged lemonade, with the alleged victim saying it caused permanent heart problems. (NBC News)

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