New York allows doctor to practice regardless of excessive suits
Some of the New York City's most frequently sued doctors are still practicing with the blessing of the state Health Department despite numerous litigations against several doctors for such offenses as possibly setting off an outbreak of hepatitis C. The state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene considers them to be worthy of approval. In the incident that triggered the most litigation, the Health Department never took disciplinary action against anesthesiologist Dr. Marvin Chiumento even though a city Health Department probe in 2002 found that his faulty "infection-control practices" during injections likely caused an outbreak of the hepatitis C virus in a Brooklyn clinic. The agency lists Chiumento as in good standing, but at least 41 medical malpractice suits were filed against the doctor and the owner of the clinic at the center of the 2001 outbreak. The number of malpractice cases settled by Chiumento was the highest among New York's most sued doctors.
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