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groundloop

(11,519 posts)
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 10:18 PM Apr 2017

Fake surgeon pleads guilty to operating on dozens of victims

Source: CBS News

DENVER -- A surgical assistant posing as a cosmetic surgeon in Colorado pleaded guilty to felony charges in court Friday, CBS Denver reports.

Carlos Hernandez Fernandez, 37, pleaded guilty to second degree assault and criminal impersonation -- both felony charges -- along with unauthorized practice of physician, a misdemeanor.

Hernandez Fernandez was arrested in August 2016 and accused of impersonating a doctor and performing procedures on unsuspecting women.

“This was a man who was holding himself up to be a licensed doctor and he wasn’t, and he was performing surgery and procedures without a license,” Lynn Kimbrough with the Denver district attorney’s office said at the time of his arrest. Kimbrough said at least four women had “suffered serious bodily injury because of the procedures.”

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-surgeon-pleads-guilty-to-operating-on-dozens-of-victims/

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Fake surgeon pleads guilty to operating on dozens of victims (Original Post) groundloop Apr 2017 OP
That's like a horror movie luvMIdog Apr 2017 #1
That is really horrifying Equinox Moon Apr 2017 #2
Anti Regulation Trump Voter Grassy Knoll Apr 2017 #3
I guess this is an example of how "public opinion is stronger than any regulation"... NurseJackie Apr 2017 #4
Or maybe an apolitical asshole looking to rip people off? snooper2 Apr 2017 #5

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
4. I guess this is an example of how "public opinion is stronger than any regulation"...
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 10:46 PM
Apr 2017

... and of how "those who want to succeed will regulate themselves".


PS: How horrifying for his victims.

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