University of Wisconsin Health is Investigating Fraudulent Sick Notes Written by Physicians for Protesting Public Employees
On Saturday, a group of men and women in lab coats purporting to be doctors were handing out medical excuse notes, without examining the ‘patients.’
And, the Wisconsin Medical Society has criticized the doctors.
UW Health is investigating reports of doctors writing sick notes last weekend to excuse Capitol protesters from work, and the Wisconsin Medical Society has criticized the doctors’ actions.
“These charges are very serious,” a statement by UW Health said. “These UW Health physicians were acting on their own and without the knowledge or approval of UW Health.”
The Wisconsin Medical Society, the state’s largest doctors association, said it “does not condone these actions under any circumstances.”
The Wisconsin Medical Examining Board has received information about the events, the medical society said. Representatives from the state Department of Regulation and Licensing, which includes the medical board, could not be reached for comment.
The chances of the Wisconin Medical Board doing anything in a timely manner is remote. But, there will be some sort of an investigation and some physicians will get their wrists slapped.
State regulations ban doctors from “knowingly making any false statement, written or oral, in practicing under any license, with fraudulent intent.”
Dr. Lou Sanner, a family medicine physician at UW Health, told the Associated Press he was one of the doctors involved. He said he wrote hundreds of sick notes for protesters because they were suffering from stress.
“Some people think it’s a nod-and-a-wink thing but it’s not,” he said.
Several doctors reportedly joined Sanner, filling out formatted notes excusing protesters from work. The notes said each doctor “evaluated” each “patient.”
Dr. Tim Bartholow, a senior vice president of the medical society, said the doctors may have meant well but could end up harming physicians’ reputation.
“I’m sure they were acting out of conscience,” he said. “But our actions as professionals have got to earn the public trust.”
I certainly would not want any of these physicians treating me. But, the most these miscreants will receive will be a letter in a file and some public scorn, which if you are in private practice is probably not what you want.
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2 Comments
Ken
The liberal operates, as Whoopi said to O’Reilly, by emotion.
Sister Theresa hijacks a plane and kills the crew because it’s got pain killers for the dying in Calcutta.
The end justifies the means, one of the the liberal mantras Socialistas! Communistas! Zapatistas! Assholistas!etc etc.
I’m sure they felt like knights on white horses leading the crusade.
God bless Los Don Quixotes.
Problem is they are licensed professionals and accepted that role with understanding that THE PEOPLE of the State, and their duly elected officials, and their appointed board members and LAWS will govern their behavior.
These well meaning saps have gone far a field and will be slammed for it and rightfully so.
If not then there is no oversight and the Medical Boards need to close as they are not serving the public good.
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