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re: Doctor gets life in prison after intentionally botching spine surgery in Dallas

Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:00 am to
Posted by Rockbrc
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Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:00 am to
Trying to outgun Mengele
Posted by stout
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Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:07 am to
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And the thread title says "intentional". How did they prove intent? Did the guy confess to things?



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Prosecutors also pointed to an email Duntsch wrote in 2011, in which he said that he was ready to "become a cold blooded killer."
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:09 am to
I was involved in the arrest and prosecution of a very highly respected ENT Surgeon. On arrest, for dealing in meth and pills, he actually thanked us. His words -

"I operated on people high so many times it was just a matter of when not if I killed someone."
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:19 am to
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Prosecutors also pointed to an email Duntsch wrote in 2011, in which he said that he was ready to "become a cold blooded killer."


Who was he emailing?

Is Satan a gmail guy? He's fricking old he's probably still an aol guy?
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
14906 posts
Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:32 am to
This reminds me of a Louisiana neurosurgeon that had a lot of patients die on the table. He got fired from the hospital at which he was working.
However, even though he had several outstanding malpractice suits he was still allowed to practice in other states.
This post was edited on 2/21/17 at 12:34 pm
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:33 am to
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How did they prove intent?


I'm guessing the shite he did was so fricked up that it had to be intentional.

Driving drunk may mean you're swerving all over the road but if you make it a point to run over random people, that's your bad wiring and not booze responsible for that.
Posted by Ric Flair
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:35 am to
Reading thru other articles, with more info on his emails, it sounds more like a serious God complex/narcissist who was emailing while on cocaine, than an actual intent to kill someone. A completely incompetent surgeon on drugs. One article talked about him screwing up all the time even before the email about killing/death. Sounds like they let things slide during residency because his research/"invention" was bringing in millions of dollars in grants.

ETA: not saying he doesn't deserve to be criminally charged and convicted.
This post was edited on 2/21/17 at 11:41 am
Posted by pleading the fifth
Member since Feb 2006
3989 posts
Posted on 2/21/17 at 1:06 pm to
Such a bizarre story. What happened with the anesthesiologist in the room? Or the surgical techs, or circulating nurse, or the radiologist who read the films, or hell even the rep who brought the implants? So many questions.
Posted by Breesus
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Posted on 2/21/17 at 1:14 pm to
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they heard from patient after patient


Didn't anyone check yelp?
Posted by shotcaller1
Member since Oct 2014
7501 posts
Posted on 2/21/17 at 1:47 pm to
I read a few other stories on this, and I wasn't under the impression he harmed on purpose.

More so, it was due to drugs, alcohol, and being generally unstable. Still, I wish he got the death penalty
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