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Physician fired after allegedly working while drunk
Healthcare Security Weekly, September 8, 2008
A Massachusetts physician was fired after he tried to give a pregnant woman an epidural while he was allegedly drunk, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
The anesthesiologist has also lost the right to renew his medical license, the AP reported September 4. The state Board of Registration said the 39-year-old physician was drinking from a bottle of bourbon that he brought to work when he was called to perform the procedure at Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center last November.
The physician called another resident to help him and that physician noticed he appeared drunk. The attending physician then called hospital security. The physician was fired by the hospital a few days later. His license to practice medicine lapsed in January and he will not be allowed to renew it unless he can stay sober for 18 months, the AP reported.
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