New York, NY – After a two-year battle, state officials have yanked the license of a New York City anesthesiologist whose carelessness caused 14 people to be infected with hepatitis.
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Dr. Brian Goldweber’s last-ditch effort to keep his license failed this week when a state review board upheld an earlier ruling and determined he acted with “gross and repeated negligence and incompetence.”
Goldweber’s license was suspended after city and state officials suspected he was responsible for hepatitis outbreaks at two Manhattan clinics where he worked.
Officials determined Goldweber reused medicine vials and syringes that should have been used only for a single patient.
Goldweber’s lawyer, Barbara Ryan, did not return a call for comment.
In arguments before state health officials, Goldweber blamed the outbreak on another doctor’s reuse of forceps.
anesthesiologist’s have to be from the finest caliber. one small neglegence, and the patient can be damaged for life.
This guy has the audacity to even defend himself. Consider that he murdered 14 people because an active Hepatitis virus especially C does not have a cure but only expensive and painful therapies that extend a patient’s life. Hepatitis can become deadly spontaneously while it can remain dormant for decades in adults.