Doctor prescribes weight loss pills to woman with giant abdominal cyst

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Doctor prescribes weight loss pills to woman with giant abdominal cyst

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Friday, June 30, 2006 by NewsTarget, Key concepts: weight loss pills,

medical malpractice and weight loss.

 

 

(NewsTarget) A New Zealand doctor is being charged with professional

misconduct for prescribing diet pills to a woman with a huge abdominal

cyst.

 

The victim visited the doctor four times between 2002 and 2004

complaining of pain, and was told she needed to lose weight. But the

44-year-old mother of three actually had a 32-pound cyst that had to

be surgically removed after an emergency trip to the hospital.

 

The woman's lawyer, Mike Heron, emphasized that the case is not about

the doctor's failure to diagnose an ovarian cyst, but " It's about a

failure to recognize she had an abnormal and undoubtedly a very

distended abdomen, " he said. Heron also alleged the doctor did not

follow proper procedures for assessing, examining, and investigating

the woman's symptoms.

 

After the surgery, the woman's weight dropped from 163 pounds to 125

pounds. As a result of the size of the cyst and the

appetite-suppressing diet pills, she had been able to eat only very

small amounts of food for several months, and was extremely malnourished.

 

The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in Christchurch, New

Zealand is hearing the case. The doctor accused in the case will be

allowed to practice through the conclusion of the trial.

 

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