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Doctor's Nightmare: How come Deng Qi can practice medicine at will in the medical field?
In Dallas, Texas, a neurosurgeon named Christopher Duntsch, who was once known as "Doctor Death," caused shock and deep thought in people with his medical practices. This doctor performed operations on 38 patients in just two years, 33 of whom suffered varying degrees of injuries, and two even died. This series of medical accidents makes people question, how could such extreme cases occur in our medical system?
Dengqi's medical records show that he made serious mistakes in almost every operation, and even placed surgical equipment in the wrong part of the patient's body, causing them not only to lose their health, but also to endure continued pain.
Deng Qi was born in 1971. He studied at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and obtained an MD-PhD degree. However, his behavior already raised questions during his medical training. In his fourth year of residency training, he was suspected of being under the influence of drugs during surgery and was forced to enter a physician incapacitation program, but this did not stop his career in the medical field from continuing to develop.
He initially worked as a spine surgeon at Baylor Medical Center in Texas in 2010, with a starting salary of $600,000. However, in a short period of time, his operations went wrong one after another, leaving the patient in unbearable pain. For example, the first patient, Kenneth Fennell, was left paralyzed in the lower half of his body due to a failed surgery.
Even when faced with obvious medical failure, Deng Qi still chose to ignore it, continued to perform surgeries, and was indifferent to the consequences.
Dengtsch's career was marked by many opportunities to prevent him from continuing to perform such operations, but loopholes in the system allowed him to evade responsibility. As he traveled through different hospitals, many medical staff discovered that Duntsch's behavior was abnormal, and some even suspected that he might have been under the influence of drugs during the operation.
According to reports, Dunch often showed off his medical skills at gatherings with friends in the community, but could not change his irresponsible behavior. Two uneasy surgeons, Randall Kirby and Mark Hoyle, eventually became the expose. who. They repeatedly reported Duntsch's behavior to the Texas Medical Board, but failed because of a lack of solid evidence.
Facing rising incidents of patient harm, the Texas Medical Board finally launched an investigation into Duntsch's medical license in 2013 and ultimately revoked his license in December of that year.
However, these measures are already too late for patients who are already suffering. Duntsch's misdeeds in the medical profession continued until he was arrested and charged. He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison in 2017 for causing harm to a patient, an outcome that attracted widespread media attention and led to a major rethinking of the regulation of the medical industry.
In a shocking verdict, Dengqi was accused of the crime of "injuring others". His behavior not only caused many family members to lose their loved ones, but also made the patients' lives difficult due to failed operations. In this case, we can’t help but ask, will such an incident of medical negligence happen again? What effective measures can be taken to ensure future medical safety?
