Doctor Stabbed in Chest; ‘Hypnotic’ Doc Faces Second Hearing; Nurse Assaulted

in the chest. (FOX 32)

A doctor in the UK faces a second hearing over sexual misconduct allegations that he spoke to female patients in a “hypnotic” manner. (BBC News)

A Florida nurse could lose her sight after a patient allegedly attacked her and broke almost every bone in her face. A 33-year-old man was arrested in the attack. (WFLA, NBCMiami)

Nebraska family physician Jacob Smith, MD, has been charged with distributing child pornography. (COLLN)

Missouri physician Sonny Saggar, MD, was sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for health care fraud after billing federal payers for doctor visits that were actually performed by physician assistants. (KSDK)

The mother of five-year-old Thomas Cooper watched in horror as he burned to death in a hyperbaric chamber which caught fire. The family plans to take legal action in the coming weeks. (Detroit Free Press)

Erin Strotman, the former Virginia neonatal intensive care unit nurse accused of harming babies in her care, has been released on $25,000 bail. (ABC7)

A Washington state jury awarded $856,000 to a patient in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which he claimed he failed to receive timely care. (CBS News)

Jury selection has begun in the manslaughter trial of Nebraska surgeon Mark Carlson, MD, who was involved in a fatal crash that killed a 22-year-old woman. (WOW)

After being sued at least five times for medical malpractice, Iowa physician Michael Page, MD, now faces allegations of incompetence and unprofessional conduct by the medical board. (Iowa Capital Distribution)

St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York will pay $29 million to resolve allegations that it inflated payments it received from the Department of Defense for health services provided to retired military personnel and their families, according to the Justice Department.