July 14, 2008
Fraud, Hospital, Human rights, News
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Previous story: Woman dies on the floor of a psychiatric emergency-room
The attorney for the family of a woman who died on the floor of a Brooklyn hospital last month said Friday that his client’s death was preventable.
The city medical examiner determined Friday that Esmin Green, 49, died from blood clots due to inactivity while waiting for nearly 24 hours to be seen in Kings County Hospital’s psychiatric ward. Surveillance video showed Green convulsing on the floor while workers walked by.
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July 14, 2008
Abuse, News, Psychiatrist, sex offenders
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Lawrenceville psychiatrist was indicted Friday on charges he sexually assaulted more than a dozen of his female patients.
Dr. Mohammad Uzair Qureshi, 45, was indicted on charges that he sexually assaulted 14 patients who came to him for psychiatric care.
Known as “Dr. Q” to his patients, Qureshi worked at the Gwinnett-Rockdale-Newton Community Service Board. The investigation began in late September after a female patient went to police and said that Qureshi told her to pull up her shirt and fondled her during a consultation. After his arrest more women came forward with the same complaint.
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