All up and down Southern Appalachia
NE Tenn, E. Ktky, SW WVa
I knew some of the Physicians involved
There are DEFINATELY some bad apples out there
Some of the Physicians were impaired themselves
Drugs, Alcohol, Dementia, Psychiatric
I went to h.s. with one of the doctors involved. I believe what a lot of people don’t think of is the type of work folks in our neck of the woods do for a living. Coal mining, logging, and construction are high risk jobs and anyone who spends a fair amount of time doing them will most likely get injured at some point. I am not talking a cut or bruise or pulled muscle but broken backs, bulging discs, sciatica, degenerative disc disease, arthritis of the spine, and these are just mine.
Folks need to consider this before they automatically think recreational drug use that escalated.