At the end of 2020, St. Peter’s Hospital in Elena, Montana, fired her oncologist, Dr. Thomas K. Weiner, and took an unusual step, publicly accusing him of detrimental to the patient. The hospital stated that the doctor wrote drugs and gave chemotherapy to patients who had no river, among other charges.
Despite the fact that Saint Petro told that he had withdrawn the privileges of Weiner, the Monthan Council in Montana resumed the license in 2021 and 2023. This week, the Council has renewed the license for another two years.
Questions on whether Waire is allowed to continue practicing medicine, enhanced after December Investigation PROPUBLICA exposed the trail of damage to the patient and at least 10 suspicious deaths associated with his practice. This is an investigation that rested on a thousand pages court records And dozens of interviews, in detail in detail as Weiner created a business with a large volume, which most as possible on public and private insurance, while many of his patients received unnecessary, dangerous and substandard assistance.
Although it is unclear what the medical council considered before the update of Weiner’s license, the investigation, published by PROPBLICA and Montana Free Press, caught the attention of law enforcement agencies. According to three sources that are directly involved in this issue, criminal investigators from the Montana Justice Ministry occurred.
Vainer denied a cruel treatment of patients. He did not respond to the request for the restoration of his license and the Montana Ministry of Justice.
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After St. Peter fired Vuer, he sued the hospital for illegal termination and slander. After a four -year legal battle, Montana’s Supreme Court sided with the hospital resolution This month. A In court wrote The fact that the process of the expert assessment of the hospital, which leads to the dismissal of Weiner, was “reasonable and justified due to the number and severity of inappropriate assistance to the patients of Weiner.”
After he fired Weiner, the hospital inspected files with more than 2,000 patients he prescribed controlled substances. Second undertaking Sharon Dibl, a 75-year-old patient who died shortly after Weiner doubled the recipe for Marfin. Such an increase in morphine “led to a stop and death of the patient,” the medical expert, hired by St. Peter, concluded.
Son Dibl, Tom Stevison, called the Medical Council’s decision to upgrade the Winer’s license “inappropriate”.
“He has too much evidence that indicates violations to recklessly change this guy,” he said, referring to the hospital allegations and the propublica reporting. “I believe it should be held accountable.”
Earlier, Weiner denied allegations that he rewritten patients, including Dibble, and was critical of medical examination.
A few months after the focus of Weiner thousands of friends and former patients formed Facebook is Facebook at Facebook. group in support of it. They raised funds to rent a billboard in Helen, who read: “We stand with a doctor. Weiner.” On Tuesday, Dina Schwartz, who headed these efforts, posted on Facebook: “Congratulations to the license’s extension !!”
A press secretary of the State Council of Medical Experts has sent a request for a comment on the extension of the Waire license with its umbrella agencies, the Labor and Industry Department in Montana. The agency’s press -secretary did not answer the questions before the publication.
St. Peter did not respond to requests for a commentary on the update of Wein.
The medical council does not usually miss out information about current or past investigations unless it justifies the allegations of professional violations. If this succeeds, the doctor’s license may be suspended or recalled For many reasonsIncluding accounts, unprofessional appointment practice and failure to comply with proper patients’ care documentation.
A criminal investigation led by Montana Prosecutor General’s Office comes a few months after the federal government settled St. Peter In order to make false claims when they made state health programs for Weiner’s services. The hospital agreed to return $ 10.8 million. A Hospital previously stated It provides quality assistance, and “this situation is isolated for a single, former doctor, and we remain confident in the exceptional assistance provided by St. Peter’s medical staff.”
Federal prosecutors also sued Vainer, accusing him of fraudulent practices, including the billing of federal insurance programs for unnecessary therapies and more expensive procedures than were carried out. Weiner denied these accusations and, through lawyers, has has collapsed reject the case.
