MI cancer doc gave chemo to hundreds of healthy patients

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Cheesequake
Cheesequake Member Posts: 264
edited July 2015 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

I hate the rage posts that have become so prevalent in journalism and social media, but this deserves awareness. No wonder people are distrustful of the medical community.

Doctor to Be Sentenced for Giving Chemo to Cancer-Free Patients

Prosecutors are seeking a 175-year sentence for a Michigan doctor who intentionally misdiagnosed hundreds of healthy patients with cancer to line his pockets.

A sentencing hearing began Monday for Dr. Farid Fata, who gave unnecessary cancer treatments to 553 patients. Fata was arrested back in 2013 for the health care fraud.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/07/07/doctor-farid...

A longer version of the story:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/special-repo...

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  • MusicLover
    MusicLover Member Posts: 4,225
    edited July 2015

    553 patients! That's obscene, disgusting and despicable.... He really couldn't find people who were actually sick whom he could treat. Thank God for the other doctor who became the whistle blower for this doctor and luckily, the woman broke her leg or this would have continued even longer.

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  • Nancy2581
    Nancy2581 Member Posts: 1,234
    edited July 2015

    I saw this on the news as well. MusicLover took the words right out of my mouth. What a messed up greedy SOB.

    Nancy

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  • linda714
    linda714 Member Posts: 70
    edited July 2015

    Does anyone know if doctors get paid from pharmaceutical companies for each patient that they enroll in a clinical trial?


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  • MusicLover
    MusicLover Member Posts: 4,225
    edited July 2015

    Linda, I doubt it, I think that the FDA may have guidelines that need to be followed.

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  • Stephmoen
    Stephmoen Member Posts: 563
    edited July 2015

    yes he was a close family friend dr they "thought" he had cancerhe died after his first chemo treatment got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and collapsed just terrible

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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 3,945
    edited July 2015

    I had heard briefly the news on tv about it, it is truly awful- i think the man has paid for a condo in hell- but the story was exceptionally well written and I really wish all the newsworthy stories had such good reporting. Thank god for the integrity of the young doctor making the rounds that day for Dr. Farid (more like Fraud) Fata.

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  • Claire_in_Seattle
    Claire_in_Seattle Member Posts: 4,570
    edited July 2015

    Wow!!! The motive was Medicare fraud and who knows what else. I think the comparison to Bernie Madoff is apt.

    Linda, yes doctors are compensated for enrolling patients in clinical trials. BUT.....and this a major but, they have to follow very stringent guidelines for enrollment. One of these is a pathology report. There is also an independent clinical nurse to do the reporting. I was in a clinical trial, and you have no idea how much scrutiny I was under. In my case, they didn't believe that I was actually out there cycling and I was. Fortunately, I had pictures of me out there on my bicycle.

    You can read up on the guidelines by visiting ClinicalTrials.gov. Hundreds going on for breast cancer.

    The reason for the extra compensation is for the reporting and all the associated paperwork. It's more work for everyone. BTW - clinical trials are absolutely critical for moving the state of the science forward, and the only way for us to learn if a promising treatment in the lab is going to beat back cancer. I have a friend who is alive today because of Herceptin and Perjeta. I was seriously worried 6 months ago.

    I think a nice slow drip of AC is in order for this creep.....prior to a trip to a toasty place in the hereafter. - Claire

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  • Cheesequake
    Cheesequake Member Posts: 264
    edited July 2015

    I think many of us would be willing to donate one of our infusions for him to take....

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  • tangandchris
    tangandchris Member Posts: 1,855
    edited July 2015

    This guy needs to fry!!!

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited July 2015

    This guy needs to fry!!!

    So you're suggesting he can have our radiation as well? :)

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  • Hopeful82014
    Hopeful82014 Member Posts: 3,480
    edited July 2015
    Ksusan - two thumbs up!
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  • Nancy2581
    Nancy2581 Member Posts: 1,234
    edited July 2015

    Cheesequake - lol - got a good chuckle out of that. We need a "like" button on this forum.

    Nancy

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  • NineTwelve
    NineTwelve Member Posts: 569
    edited July 2015

    Kill him with Adriamycin.

    Seriously, though. The man had to go to a LOT of trouble to be that cruel. He is a special level of monstrous. May he share a fiery pit with Mengele in the afterlife.


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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited July 2015

    Supermax in Colorado is too good for him. He will have to answer to God one day.

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  • Hopeful82014
    Hopeful82014 Member Posts: 3,480
    edited July 2015
    I was pleased to hear this afternoon that he was sentenced to 45 years.
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  • NineTwelve
    NineTwelve Member Posts: 569
    edited July 2015

    45 years is not enough for what he did. Unless he spends those 45 years getting unnecessary chemo, surgeries and radiation.

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  • Hopeful82014
    Hopeful82014 Member Posts: 3,480
    edited July 2015
    I have to agree 9 12 but was concerned he would get off w/ a fine and minimum prison time. 45 years is a start.
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  • DivineMrsM
    DivineMrsM Member Posts: 9,620
    edited July 2015
    I've been following this story for several days. I am appalled with his light sentence. I just read that it is likely he will do about 35 years of the sentence and that it will most likely be in a minimum security prison. I heard that the sentence is to ensure that he never practices again. Patients wish that the judge sentencing this person would have imposed a far greater one to send a message that this will not be tolerated.

    I liken this man to Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who committed war atrocities by experimenting on humans.
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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 3,945
    edited July 2015

    What a FUCKER.

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited July 2015


    Agree with you, Kayb,,, it was assault and /or attempted murder.  All those people suffering for nothing,,,, such cruelty.

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