'Eat What You Kill' | Drudge Retort

Sunday, December 08, 2024

ProPublica reports on a small town cancer doctor who helped the local hospital create a skyrocketing treatment ward. But when an emergency room physician found no cancer in a man who'd been being treated for lung cancer for 11 years, people started asking questions. The end of the piece details the cancer doctor's treatment of a 16-year-old girl.

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Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital's highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social [image or embed]
-- ProPublica (@propublica.org) December 7, 2024 at 10:00 AM

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The document tells the story of Dr. Thomas Weiner, an oncologist at St. Peter's Health hospital in Helena, Montana, who was accused of providing substandard and potentially deadly care to his patients. Despite being a popular and respected figure in the community, an internal review at the hospital uncovered numerous cases of Weiner misdiagnosing patients, overprescribing dangerous narcotics, and potentially hastening the deaths of some terminally ill patients through the use of high doses of the sedative phenobarbital. The hospital eventually suspended and fired Weiner, but he maintained his medical license and sued the hospital, leading to a lengthy legal battle that exposed the hospital's own complicity in enabling Weiner's practices for years. The story also explores the divided reaction in the Helena community, with many of Weiner's former patients and their families staunchly defending him, while others, like the family of Scot Warwick, sought answers and accountability for his death.
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