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San Francisco transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh was criminally charged on Monday with "dependent adult abuse." He's accused of prescribing way, way too man drugs to speed up the death of a developmentally-disabled man. Why? So he could harvest his organs. (Ew.) You can read SFGate's breakdown here or the LA Times' story here.
It seems Roozrokh "is believed to be the first doctor in California ever accused of criminal charges in connection with procuring organs," which some fear could stave off organ donations, people slapping the donor sticker on the back of their driver's licenses, etcetera. Yikes.
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So he should have prescribed fewer drugs and slowed the poor patient's demise? Oh that's right, we're living in Bush's America where life trumps pain and suffering every time.
I heard from a reliable source that we've got Viagra to thank for a lot of our organ donations these days. Got to love those boomers keeling over.
Excuse me Fizz, but you've missed the point completely. This is another example of abuse of the developmenally disabled. It's very, very scary. My sister is developmentally disabled and she's been a victim time and again of abuse.
The point is that the patient was taken advantage of because of vulnerablitly. They are the easiest targets.
I understand your refrences to Bush and his fundamental religion, but you missed the boat on this one.
Did I really?
i thought this might be a good use of the homeless a few years ago before i realized how poisoned their bodies might be from all the drugs and chronic drinking. oh well.