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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2007 10:11:34 GMT -5
Doctor Falls Asleep During Surgery Board Revokes License
POSTED: 5:44 am EDT July 26, 2007 UPDATED: 9:49 am EDT July 26, 2007
BOSTON -- A former Children's Hospital anesthesiologist who fell asleep in the operating room must prove he's clean before practicing medicine again.
Thomas Ho admitted to falling asleep during surgery in December 2005 after taking a prescribed medication. Ho admitted that he "was under a great deal of personal stress," the state said in its complaint against him.
He also said he inhaled Isoflurane, an anesthetic, during his lunch break in January 2006 because he was having a panic attack and "felt he was going to die."
Ho, 30, was in a residency program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, but was doing a rotation at Children's Hospital when the two incidents occured.
Ho had been practicing on a limited license that expired June 2006.
The Board of Registration in Medicine revoked his license saying he cannot apply for a new one until he proves he hasn't used drugs or alcohol for 15 continuous months and agrees to chemical dependency monitoring.
SLEEPING NOTHING,! THE BAS-ARD WAS NODDING FROM THE DRUGS.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2007 10:37:34 GMT -5
Scary because we never know too much about the Doctors and if they are on any medications.
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Post by LENNY on Jul 27, 2007 14:58:53 GMT -5
He was very upset because someone had called his mother a Ho.
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