Re: Another LLMD busted ...Cape doctor fighting 11 complaints to state
- From: "Lymehelp" <CaliforniaLyme1@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 4 Oct 2006 19:52:40 -0700
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Cape doctor fighting 11 complaints to state
By CYNTHIA McCORMICK
STAFF WRITER
HYANNIS - A local physician facing an investigation by the state Board
of Registration in Medicine has agreed to stop practicing while on
maternity leave.
Dr. Neena Chaturvedi: Confident that issues with the medical board will
be resolved.
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Dr. Neena Chaturvedi, who is due to have her second child next month,
came to a voluntary agreement with the state board Sept. 27, when she
stopped seeing patients.
''The purpose was to use this time to ascertain (the) veracity of
unproven allegations and implement and document resolutions, if any, to
everyone's mutual satisfaction, so she may continue to provide
excellent care to her patients,'' her husband, Dr. Rahul Chaturvedi,
said in a written statement.
Neena Chaturvedi still has her medical license, but her agreement not
to practice while on maternity leave comes at a time when the Cape
already is suffering a dearth of primary care physicians.
''We're still several primary care physicians short of where we'd like
to be on the Cape,'' said David Reilly, spokesman for Cape Cod
Healthcare Inc., which includes Cape Cod Hospital.
Chaturvedi, an internist with Physician Medical Centers at 100
Independence Drive, is on the consulting staff at Cape Cod Hospital.
A copy of her voluntary agreement with the medical board shows she
faces 11 open complaints.
Russell Aims, spokesman for the Board of Registration in Medicine, said
he could not comment on the nature of the complaints.
But Rahul Chaturvedi, who owns Physician Medical Centers with his wife,
said some of the complaints emanated from Cape Cod Hospital itself.
In a press conference he called last evening, Rahul Chaturvedi said the
hospital's infectious disease consultant disagreed with Neena
Chaturvedi's aggressive treatment of a patient's Lyme disease with
long-term use of antibiotics, although some physicians consider that a
standard treatment protocol.
In another case, he said his wife was disciplined for lack of
responsiveness to a page by nursing staff, although it was determined
she was not on call that night.
''This is an emotionally scarring thing,'' Rahul Chaturvedi said. He
alleged the hospital's complaints came about after he talked about the
possibility of suing doctors at Cape Cod Hospital following the January
death of his father.
''We're the largest non-hospital facility on Cape Cod,'' Rahul
Chaturvedi said. The practice, he said, which includes three other
active physicians besides himself, is one of the largest MassHealth
providers in the county.
One of the worst aspects of the situation, the couple alleges, is
misinformation spread among area pharmacies about whether to honor
Neena Chaturvedi's prescriptions. They said patients can refill without
new prescriptions.
''The way it was handled and the way it created panic among people,
that was bothersome,'' said Neena Chaturvedi. She said she is confident
the issues with the medical board will be resolved and she'll be able
to return to work after a two- to three-month maternity leave.
Patient Patricia Yetman of West Yarmouth said she'll wait for her. ''I
love her,'' said Yetman, who was seeing one of Rahul Chaturvedi's
associates last evening. ''She's very careful, very thorough. She's the
kind that actually looks at you and listens to you.''
Reilly said he had no comment on the death of Rahul Chaturvedi's
father.
''We wouldn't comment about a specific patient case anyway,'' he said.
Other complaints filed with the medical board against Neena Chaturvedi
concern patient delays in getting medical records, according to the
couple.
After completing its investigation, the Board of Registration in
Medicine could take disciplinary action or close the complaints with no
action, Aims said. Disciplinary actions run the gamut from imposing a
fine to revoking a doctor's license.
According to her physician profile, which was pulled from the state
board's Web site after the voluntary agreement, Neena Chaturvedi went
to Maulana Azad Medical College in India and completed a residency
program at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. She is board certified by
the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Cynthia McCormick can be reached at cmccormick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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