Physician Suspected of 10 Murders; Doc Accused of Setting Fire to Another Doc’s Home
now suspected of killing 10 peopleand in some cases, he allegedly attempted to hide evidence by starting fires. (P.A.)
Pediatrician Anita Damodaran, MD, was charged with animal cruelty after a March 2024 incident in which a housekeeper found a malnourished dog in a plastic storage bin in an apartment. Damodaran was reportedly kicked out of the apartment at the time of the incident. (FOX 32)
Ohio physician Andrew Campbell, MD, was accused of burning down another doctor’s home and was placed on administrative leave from the University of Toledo Medical Center. (13ABC)
Families involved in an ongoing investigation were not happy to learn that the Virginia neonatal nurse accused of injuring infants had been granted bond. (WRIC)
A student has sued Benioff Children’s Hospital at the University of California, San Francisco over its internship program that supports minority high school students interested in health care careers. (NBC Bay Area)
A judge has ruled that a family’s lawsuit against Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego can continue. The family claims their privacy was violated when authorities used cameras to spy on them and their child for more than a month, in an alleged attempt to paint them as child molesters. (Courthouse press service)
New York physician Alexander Baldonado, MD, was convicted of submitting more than $24 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary laboratory tests and orthotics, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Louisiana physician Adrian Dexter Talbot, MD, was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for distributing more than 1.8 million doses of opioids, according to the DOJ.
Four pharmacists were sentenced to prison for billing for prescription drugs they never dispensed, according to the DOJ.
UnitedHealth Group will pay just over $20 million to settle claims filed by the U.S. Department of Labor that one of its subsidiaries improperly denied requests for emergency room visits and urine drug screens for thousands of patients. (Becker)
