10 Doctors Who Lost License Due to Terrible Medicine Practice

VIVA – Doctor is one of the jobs that are needed by many people. Unfortunately, there are various reasons that make a doctor lose their license, one of which is a way of practicing that is beyond reasonable limits or carrying out treatment with improper methods.

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As in several cases of doctors losing their licenses due to practicing truly horrific medicine, citing various sources here are facts as well as from various sources;

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1. Amputating a Toe on the Porch

A Missouri man had an accident and injured his toe, unfortunately, he chose the wrong doctor, John Ure. John Ure decided to amputate the man's finger.

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Ure's office is also a machine warehouse. No running water or even an exam table. And when Ure had the amputation, it was on the terrace. Ure said everything was sterile, and he did exactly what any doctor would do.

Medical records suggest that may not be true, as he wasn't even given antibiotics. But he did prescribe painkillers for two other patients in an inappropriate manner, all of which led to him losing his licence.

2. Make a Pot Cookies Recipe to a Misdiagnosed 4-Years-Old

William S. Eidleman, a Los Angeles "natural medicine doctor" was consulted by the parents of a four-year-old who had a tantrum. While on medication, Edelman gave the boy a pot cake made with marijuana.

The parents had actually followed the doctor's recommendations, but things went sideways when the boy asked the school nurse for more marijuana cookies in the middle of the day. The state medical board found that doctors had misdiagnosed the boy with ADHD and bi-polar disorder.

3. Filming Dance Videos while Surgery

Windell Davis-Boutte has viral fame as a dancing doctor, with YouTube videos showing her performing surgical procedures while dancing to popular music. She also had to pay nearly $200,000 back to patients who had never had surgery after he was embroiled in a scandal that saw his license revoked for more than two years.

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While the dancing videos were questionable, especially because they sometimes involved apparently unconscious patients, it was the numerous malpractice charges that led to her license being withdrawn.