Posted on 06/19/2008 9:26:47 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
VICTORVILLE — Sheriff's deputies arrested a physician after he lost patience with a patient's husband, punched him and threw a chair at him, sheriff's officials announced Wednesday.
The victim received first aid from the injuries at the physicians office, officials said.
Sukalpa John Dutta, 36, was booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, according to San Bernardino County sheriff's officials from the Victorville station.
San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies came to the 12600 block of Hesperia Road at 4:37 p.m. after receiving a report of the attack. Deputies said the victim was with his wife whose regular doctor was not available so she was seen by Dutta. At some point her husband began arguing with the doctor, officials said, and the doctor asked the couple to leave.
Office staff tried to separate the doctor and the patient's wife, but according to officials, the victim told Dutta he was ‘dumber than a monkey’, at which time the doctor hit the victim with his fist and then with a chair.
Dutta was released after posting $50,000 in bail.
The doctor’s office refused multiple requests for comment.
LOL
I have known a few mechanics who would try to sell you a transmisin overhaul when all you realy needed was a new set of plugwires. Just because a “mechanic” has a sign up saying he is one doesn’t mean he knows what he’s doing, I feel the same way about doctors sometimes.
LOL!!!
A whole new meaning to the word ‘iatrogenic.’
a chair is a 'deadly weapon'? -
How long before there's a ban on chairs?
Don’t assume doctors are omnipotent or that they have read your chart. We had an issue with a neurosurgeon a few years ago that gave my husband medication that was contraindicated for his chronic illness and then told my husband he was a mental case when his chronic condition worsened. They heard me yelling at that jerk out in his waiting room because he had not read my husband’s chart all the way through.
More recently, the nurse practitioner at my daughter’s OB-GYN started to chastise my daughter for considering not breastfeeding past a few days. The rheumatologist that my daughter sees suspects she has non-antibody specific RA and prior to her pregnancy was treating her with Lyrica. Lyrica is a nerve inhibitor that can cause infant brains and nerves not to develop. It is a class X drug that should never be taken during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Not only was the NP NOT aware my daughter was taking Lyrica, she didn’t know what it was. Again, she hadn’t read my daughter’s chart all the way through.
Our primary has no problem with us asking pointed questions (he expects it since hubby is a biology major). My husband spends a lot of time researching his condition and possible treatments for it on his own and our doctor is secure enough that he has tried a few of the treatments that my husband has asked about. He shoots down the ones that he feels are too risky or that he does not think will work, but he provides a detailed explanation why he can’t approve them. He is also active in trying to get obscure researchers to look at my husband’s medical history. His advice to us was to not trust a doctor who says your crazy rather than admitting that he can’t figure out what’s wrong.
What were they argueing about???????
I’m still stuck on the first meaning....what dat big wurd mean??
Patients familys can be very annoying.
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No comment.
I know what of you speak.
I could never be a doctor or a Judge. ;-)
It pays to be that way all time about anyone who is providing services to you. There is a good chance the person is wrong or an incompetent idiot.
I cannot count the number of times mechanics have given me wrong information. I happen to know a lot about auto mechanics, so I can spot an incompetent mechanic very quickly when I start talking to them.
What were they argueing about???????
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If we’re lucky, this will go to trial and be on Court TV, so we can find out the details . :-)
You better do your own homework and not fly blind on anything that you have done, especially something as important as your health and your life.
Apparently he didn't. He's not listed in the AMA database in California. It lists both members and non-members.
The professional’s duty is to serve the consumer. The consumer has every right to question the opinions of any professional. Patients certainly have the right to seek a second opinion regarding any serious medical issue. If physicians were actually infallible, there would be no need of malpractice insurance.
Consider another licensed profession — law. In every trial, there are lawyers on both sides of the aisle. Clearly, they both can't be right about all the points of law raised.
There are dozens of other licensed professions, where it would be absurd to simply accept the professional’s opinion as gospel. Architect, teacher, accountant, and psychologist to name a few. A client has a right to challenge the professional opinion — to ask the professional to provide an explanation; or to seek a second opinion.
That said, I fully agree with your advice to professionals who are being abused by clients. The only caveat would be that a professional can avoid most of those situations by communicating with the client.
(FWIW, I'm a licensed professional.)
You’re right. I’m about one nasty phone call away from “mass murderer,” right now.
True. But I also have been talked down to by more than my fair share of “professionals”. Especially doctors who don’t really give a damn what you say because they have their minds made up before they even talk to you.
I have no doubt that they would have refuse further association, but it’s easier said than done when your wife is in need of medical attention and you’ve probably had to take off work to arrange this visit to begin with.
Maybe the “professionals” would get more respect if they employed the old adage - “The customer is always right”.
Did YOU say Sukalpa???????????????????????????????????????????????????Say what my Muzzy bro!
By the way, try "define:iatrogenic" in Google. You can often get definitions of odd words that way.
But this leaves us with no words for when someone throws an electric chair....
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