We suspect these would be less funny if they weren’t . . . you know . . . true. You know the phrase, “We could never make this stuff up?” “As an avid reader of true crime, the book 'Demon Doctors' was even more fascinating and horrific because all of the murderers were physicians like myself.” (book review) Elizabeth Linberg, MD, Urgent Care Director, Tucson, Arizona “Getting better has one side effect. It has a negative impact on profit within the medical system.” Dr. Rober

In the city of Dayton Ohio a Montgomery County judge has sentenced yet another Mid-Eastern doctor to state prison for sexually assaulting female patients. Doctor Arun Aggarwal, age 40, was until his arrest an employee of Dayton Children's Hospital. After pleading not guilty initially, the Indian-born gastroenterologist confessed in court that he did indeed grope the breasts of patients for no medical reason during medical exams. Come to America & grope the girls. Who's gonna

Yet another lab coat lunatic has had his freaky fetishes exposed to the world - this one in England. It seems that an egotistical ass by the name of Doctor Simon Bramhall decided it might be a kick to start carving his initials into his patients' insides. You know, just for fun. And so he did just that, During critical abdominal operations involving liver transplants, Bramhall, age 53, would use what is known as an argon gas cauterizer to burn his initials into their organs d

Over the course of 2017's last week, a plethora of news sites will shout from the belfry all the "Best Doctors of the Year." In our view, it is far more of a service to let you know who the "worst" might be. So with no fanfare at all, here they are: 10. Doctor Xiulu Ruan, in Alabama, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison and ordered to return the millions of dollars he and criminal doctor-partner, Doctor John Patrick Couch, stole. The doctor do-bad duo were found by i

You might have heard of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland. Hopkins was founded 141 years ago and has spawned 36 Nobel laureates. It is recognized as the first research university in the U.S. and by all measurable criteria, ranks as one of the finest healthcare institutions on the planet. They've got a bunch of pretty smart folks there. So when a Hopkins research study reports that another extremely well known public health organization is hiding nasty facts about

From those of us who would really do this . . . just to bring smiles to the neighborhood . . . .

So this story just happens to originate in Detroit. But trust us when we reveal this: the cities with the worst human behavior have THIS to look forward to, and dozens of them are already marinating in the nearly-constant crisis of EMS systems stretched to the breaking point. Understand this: the problem of injured people not being quickly treated, does NOT start or end with EMS response times, nor in poor system status management. Bet you didn't know that. The ugliness start

In the Gulf kingdom of Saudi Arabia a criminal court judge sentenced an Arab physician to a 10-year prison term, after finding him guilty of having sexual relationships with female patients. But that was only part of the punishment. The doctor was also ordered to be whipped as part of his societal restitution. According to the Sabq News in the city of Riyadh, the unnamed physician admitted in court to having numerous affairs with women he had treated as patients. The news lin

Up until last year Doctor Carmen Puliafito was the dean extraordinaire of Keck School of Medicine, at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He served the school as an administrator, a respected physician and a stunningly successful fundraiser. When he abruptly resigned in March, 2016, he told everyone he had made the decision to look into other interesting challenges – specifically, to take a key position with a drug company called Ophthotech, which was creati

So which profession generates the most crime? Which collection of professionals steals more money; accounts for more court costs; injures, maims and indeed KILLS more citizens - literally - than any other? Trust us: You are REALLY not going to like the answer. Just keep tuning into the Paramedic Heretic. The appalling answer will come to you. We promise.