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Article #33Re: Dentist cannot prescribe RX while suspended
From: Nadine
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 02:40
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 02:40
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On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 21:58:43 -0400, "bbb" <pissswisher@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >Nadine, why are you here? Shouldn't you be on alt.carpet.munchers??? I >would recommend you return. who cares? >It would be A-OK for his name to be released now after he was found >guilty--HOWEVER, if he were found innocent, his career and livelihood would >be over due to idiots like you. The fact is, he was convicted. Got it? >Unfortunately, morons such as yourself >don't understand this concept, thus our society is filled with walking >talking excrement such as yourself. It's sad that even Jan can see that >you're wrong, yet you remain blind to your foolishness. It is a not very clever attempt to shift the blame from a criminal sexual abuser dentist, described in the article - onto me, a non-criminal. You're too stupid and vulgur to reply to anymore. That's all for you. >"Nadine" <Nadine@jps.net> wrote in message >news:3d67c827.4843843@news.cwnet.com... >> On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 04:15:22 -0400, Sylvia Kaplan <skaplan@nospam.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> What a beast. >> A woman has no motivation to make up such a story. >> .. missing info from files, the dentists story keeps >> changing... does not add up. >> Pretty sad that here on smd, there is oblique support >> for the suspected abuser of female patients. >> WHy is that? >> >> >Dentist denies he improperly touched a woman patient >> >DePadua is being tried in sex offense, assault case >> > >> >By Lisa Goldberg >> >Sun Staff >> >Originally published August 23, 2002 >> > >> >An Ellicott City dentist denied yesterday that he ever improperly >> >touched a young woman in his care - although he did acknowledge >> >that tests he says he performed on her earlier this year were >> >never recorded in her medical files. >> >> Why no records? >> >> >Dr. Evan C. DePadua testified in Howard County Circuit Court that >> >the 22-year-old Pennsylvania woman's version of the events that >> >transpired on Jan. 19 - including allegations that he pulled her >> >pants down and rubbed her thighs while she was mildly anesthetized >> >and unable to react - could not have happened the way she said. >> > >> >Although a question-and-answer form he filled out at the behest >> >of Howard police investigators includes an admission that he >> >touched the woman's thigh, but "not in a sexual way," DePadua, >> >37, said a detective pressured him during an interview that >> >lasted several hours to change his answer from his original denial. >> >> Oh? If "not in a sexual way", then "in what way"? >> >> >"They were threatening me. They were browbeating me," he said >> >during the second day of testimony in his trial on fourth-degree >> >sexual offense and misdemeanor assault charges. >> >> Oh, sob, poor molester. >> >> >Closing arguments in the case, which is being tried by Judge >> >Diane O. Leasure instead of a jury, are scheduled to begin this >> >morning. >> >> >DePadua, a Brazilian native who was first licensed as a Maryland >> >dentist in 1997, was the last person to testify in a case that >> >largely pits his word against that of the 22-year-old woman, who >> >had been a patient of his for more than a year at the time of the >> >incident. >> > >> >The Sun is not naming the woman because of the nature of the charges. >> > >> >Statements critical >> > >> >As a result, DePadua's statements to police - as well as changes >> >he made to his version of events and omissions in the woman's >> >dental files - are expected to be critical as Leasure weighs the >> >evidence. >> > >> >Both DePadua, who practices in the 10300 block of Baltimore >> >National Pike, and police investigators testified that when >> >confronted, the dentist at first denied ever giving the woman >> >nitrous oxide, then later told officers that he did. >> >> denied, then changed the story. >> >> >According to testimony, the gas dulls patients and makes them >> >"compliant." >> > >> >Also, DePadua wrote in the woman's medical file that he only >> >tightened her braces Jan. 19, but he testified that he also >> >performed a test for a jaw disorder and cut around two teeth >> >that day. >> > >> >The woman said she told her husband and brother what happened >> >not long after the dental visit. >> >> very difficult to do. >> >> >On Wednesday, she broke down after she testified that DePadua >> >at first tried to pull her pants down while she was in the >> >examination chair and then stood her up against a wall - all >> >the while increasing the nitrous oxide flow - lowered her tight >> >jeans and rubbed her thighs. >> > >> >DePadua broke a belt loop on her jeans during the incident, >> >she said. >> > >> >The nitrous oxide made her feel "out of it," she said. >> > >> >"All I could do was stand there," she said, crying. "I was >> >leaning against the wall. I was dizzy." >> > >> >DePadua's dentistry license has been restricted since the accusation. >> > >> >Practice restrictions >> > >> >The Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners declined last >> >month to suspend him while the criminal case was pending but >> >ordered that he not see patients alone, administer nitrous oxide >> >or prescribe drugs. >> >> >The order also includes details of complaints made by three >> >other patients of inappropriate touching and comments and of >> >an instance when DePadua is alleged to have left a sedated >> >patient alone in an examination room. >> >> Hm.. three more complaints? >> >> >None of those complaints has resulted in criminal charges. >> >=============================== >> >>http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/howard/bal-ho.depadua23aug23.story?coll=b >al%2Dlocal%2Dhoward >> > >
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