Dr Death

[mtmkjr]

Has anyone listened to this new podcast? First 3 available, 3 more yet to be released:

Dr. Death – Wondery – Feel The Story

I never heard this on the news, probably would have if I lived in Texas.

Could never have happened if doctors were held to the same standards as nurses.

[Davey Do]

In all this negative, Mr. Philip Mayfield, a victim of Duntsch's scalpel, shows the epitome of a higher conscious- unsolicited forgiveness:

"Today, if Philip could confront Duntsch, he would. 'I would tell him that I forgive him," he says. "Even though... he hasn't asked [me] for forgiveness, or said anything to any of the patients that were affected.' "

[cleback]

Yes, that's what I thought... they KNEW he was unsafe at the very least, and just let him be someone else's problem.

The double standard is unbelievable. A nurse can be accused of something and lose her license/career without any evidence presented. This guy?? It makes my head spin trying to figure out how many people let him keep going.

I disagree that there is a double standard here. Michael Cullen was one of the most prolific serial killers and a nurse. Most facilities which he worked at knew something was going on but were afraid of a criminal case. There was also recently the nursing home nurse... can't remember her name... she actually confessed to more than one person she was overdosing people (one of them a member of her chruch? I believe), and no one reported her. Although different than purposefully hurting someone, studies have come up saying that a good percent of nurses know of another nurse they deem is dangerous or incompetent but have taken no action to report them.

The medical/nursing community can just be a scary place sometimes with how it places its own in front of safety.

[Daisy Joyce]

People don't want to "get involved"

[BostonFNP, APRN]

Just finished this series. I thought it was very well done. But I've also seen hospitals here quietly remove surgeons after poor quality care and let them move on to the next stop down the road. It's scary.

[Julius Seizure]

I don't know of a podcast for this, but if anyone is looking for another good read about a provider with a pattern of unsafe medical care in Texas, check out this one:

Winkler County nurse whistleblower case - Wikipedia