A former psychiatrist from East Stroudsburg has been sentenced to six to 18 months in county jail.Earlier Story with photos here, and other information here
Prosecutors say Harold Pascal illegally prescribed potentially addictive drugs in an overcrowded, poorly run office. Pascal was charged in 2006. He later surrendered his medical license and pleaded no contest to two counts of illegal medical prescriptions and one count of Medicaid fraud.
At Friday's sentencing in Monroe County Court, former co-workers and patients described a different sort of person than prosecutors. They say he was a professional, compassionate doctor who served the community for 26 years.
Documenting Psychiatrists Behaving Badly
Of all professions, psychiatrists seem to get into the most trouble. I have been collecting stories about psychiatric screwups for a while. Sadly, it has been disgustingly easy to do. We post stories with links to the original sources. We couldn't make this stuff up if we wanted to. My Name is Sickmind Fraud.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Disgraced psychiatrist gets jail term for illegal prescriptions
Report via this link
No comments:
Post a Comment