Posted on 08/20/2004 12:01:53 PM PDT by WKB
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi authorities on Thursday suspended the license of Dr. Malachy DeHenre, who has performed abortions at a Jackson clinic.
The action mirrors a license suspension in Alabama, where officials say one of DeHenre's patients died after having an abortion last year.
"We couldn't wait another day to take action," said Dr. W. Joseph Burnett, executive director of the Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure. "He won't be practicing in Mississippi."
The state board is scheduled to meet Sept. 16, but Burnett and the board's executive committee agreed to take action Wednesday. An investigator located DeHenre, 53, on Thursday to serve the suspension documents, and the suspension took effect at noon. DeHenre lives in Laurel.
The Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners concluded DeHenre practiced medicine in a way to "endanger the health of patients" and committed "repeated malpractice."
Alabama's board suspended his license as of July 28. He has a Sept. 22 hearing date to respond to the charges.
DeHenre could not immediately be reached.
If Alabama acts to revoke DeHenre's license, Mississippi officials have the authority to mirror that action, Burnett said.
DeHenre, who has the right to appeal the Mississippi suspension, has been performing abortions at the New Woman Medical Center in Jackson for about five years.
Part of the Alabama investigation looked into an abortion he performed at the Jackson clinic on March 20, 2003, in which a woman "began hemorrhaging uncontrollably" and was taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where she received a total hysterectomy, the board found.
Pro-Life Mississippi of Jackson has lodged complaints against the doctor with state agencies since last year.
"Thank goodness it finally happened," said the group's executive director, Pat Cartrette.
Jackson has one other abortion clinic, the Jackson Women's Health Organization.
In the case against DeHenre in Alabama, a woman at the Summit Medical Center was discharged 20 minutes after having an abortion on Nov. 25, 2003. She sustained an unrecognized uterine perforation during the abortion, the Alabama board said.
Less than six hours later, her husband contacted the medical center and said she had abdominal pain and a low temperature. She died about 18 hours after her discharge.
The woman was identified as Leigh Ann Stephens Alford, 34, of Blount County, Ala., in court papers filed in June by her husband. The court filing is the first stage of a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Summit Medical Center of Alabama and the doctor and staff that treated her. The suit represents only one side of a legal argument.
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The Lord works in mysterious ways....
That was FAST!
I am proud of MS.
What is the state of origin for Dr. Dehenry and where did he get his medical degree?
That was FAST! I am proud of MS.
We may talk slow but we can get in a hurry if we have to.
That was FAST! I am proud of MS.
We may talk slow but we can get in a hurry if we have to.
What is the state of origin for Dr. Dehenry and where did he get his medical degree?
I do not remember reading that info anywhere.
"We couldn't wait another day to take action," said Dr. W. Joseph Burnett..."
Good! I'm glad they reacted so quickly.
Some thngs are just too important for
officials to sit around lollygagging.
Dang! I meant to ping
you to my post above.
Excellent news. Pray it spreads!
Way to go Mississippi!!!
"Pray it spreads!"
Yes, ma'am!
I will!
We may talk slow but we can get in a hurry if we have to.
Not going to touch that one.
Smiling.
Records show Dehenre is a 1982 alumnus of the State University of New York-Stony Brook School of Medicine, and his primary specialty is obstetrics and gynecology.
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/9402381.htm
In addition, his name looks French to me. :)
http://www.theinterim.com/sept98/10abortionscandles.html
Dated September, 1998 from The Interim, Canada's Pro-Life, Pro-Family Newspaper Online
An abortionist at a Jackson abortion facility went on trial in April, charged in the shooting death of his wife. Malachi Dehenre was accused of murdering his wife Dr. Nyesha Dehenre, who worked with him at a family health centre. Malachi Dehenre was also primary physician at the New Woman's Clinic in Jackson.
interesting. I wonder if that is correct? I suppose if it is, then he was acquitted of his wife's murder. Otherwise, he'd be in jail now.
Sounds like murder may have been a habit too hard to break for this guy.
Yet another reason to be proud of Mississippi!
Yet another reason to be proud of Mississippi!
There is a song from the 60's by Joe South
"Don't it Make You Want Go Home?"
Good to hear from you.
Don't be such a stranger.
Thx for the ping. I had no idea about this but say PTL!!!! Blessings to you
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