Eye Doctor May Lose License For Calling Patient Fat

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A North Carolina doctor may lose his license to practice medicine after a patient complained that he had made cruel remarks.

The North Carolina Medical Board will make a ruling as to whether ophthalmologist Dr Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville “overstepped the bounds of professional decency” after a complaint that he poked a patient’s thigh and told her that she was fat. The patient also alleged that he told her that she was “irresponsible for being unemployed and relying on taxpayers to pay for another pregnancy”.

In his defense, Dr Sunderhaus has claimed that he told the patient that her thick thighs and diabetes could cause her to go blind.

It is further reported that Sunderhaus reiterated his points by writing a letter to the patient and making a strongly worded statement to the medical board.

Trying to take a leaf out of this guy’s book?

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Images: Top, Moderate non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy. J Comm Eye Health 2003;16(46) 22; Bottom, Simon Cowell, the caustic British judge of American Idol and other television programs is known for his sharp criticism and cutting remarks.

[Herald Leader]

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  • bob
    24 November 2009 at 4:20 am
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    Truth is verboten in professional life as in politics.
    Point out the (no pun intended) elephant in the room and risk your job, even if it is a medical opinion.
    heh.

  • bob
    23 November 2009 at 11:20 pm
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    Truth is verboten in professional life as in politics.
    Point out the (no pun intended) elephant in the room and risk your job, even if it is a medical opinion.
    heh.

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