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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 | 10:20 a.m.
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The Nevada Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Dr. Dipak Desai, who sought to overturn an order prohibiting him from selling assets in excess of $50,000 without approval of a judge.
Desai, who faces a host of medical malpractice suits from patients who say they contracted hepatitis C at his Las Vegas clinics, appealed a 2008 preliminary injunction issued by District Judge Allan Earl.
In dismissing his petition, the Supreme Court noted the doctor has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which automatically stays any court action pending against Desai. The court said Desai could refile his appeal when the bankruptcy case is resolved.
Desai had interests in several medical centers in Clark County and he and his wife Kusum had purchased a $3.4 million home in the Red Rock County Club.
In February, Desai, who has practiced in Nevada since 1980, surrendered his state medical license "due to physical and mental impairments arising from a series of strokes." The state Board of Medical Examiners says it still has the right to pursue the disciplinary complaint of three patients who says they contracted hepatitis C at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada after undergoing colonoscopies.
The Southern Nevada Health District in 2008 notified all patients who had undergone procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada between March 2004 and January 2008 that they were at risk for possible exposure to hepatitis B and C and HIV. The Health District estimated that 100 or more patients may have been infected when nurses and other staff reused syringes on patients.
Lawsuits soon followed.
Attorneys for the former patients filed motions in district court, saying they did not want Desai and his wife to liquidate or hide assets. Insurance "will be grossly and totally inadequate to satisfy the damage claims of plaintiffs," they said. They also cited Desai's sale of a Mercedes CL63 AMG to a third party in Texas.
The Supreme Court, in its Tuesday order, dismissed the appeal involving Desai's wife and Dr. Eladio Carerra who were also being sued.
I thought he shipped cars to Abu Dhabi?
He and all the doctors and nurses associated with his medical practice need to be charged criminally for their actions.
They all new better.
As for selling assets, it needs to stop or they should be jailed for contempt of court.
When's this goofball going to the big house ?
oh thats right he's in that protected class known as physicians thats running up our national debt. ( pretty soon 20% of GDP ).
No criminal charges pending....you suck Mr. Rogers!
His license should have been suspended immediately, pending investigation. The majority of the patients he was responsible for infecting will get zip. What do you want to bet that their insurance companies will find ways to either hinder care or drop them altogether?
Why is it that large corporations and doctors can get away with essentially criminal activity in Nevada?
district attorney david roger is a joke...
he is terrible at his job...
absolutely positively terrible...
it's been over 2 years!!!
listen up boys and girls...
make sure to vote davey boy's sorry butt out of office this year!!!...
you know who else is a joke...
attorney general catherine cortez masto...
she too is terrible at her job...
absolutely positively terrible...
been over 2 years catherine...
are you in over your head dear???
It is ridiculous that the company with bigger pockets is going to pay for Desai's actions instead of him.
Also, what happened to the nurses that listened to him and reused syringes? I do not ever want to end up in their care and neither should anyone else.
the legislators MUST blow the medical board up...
and start over from scratch...
make them answer to the citizens of nevada...
you listening dear legislators...
we are watching you...
closely...
and we will not forget...
we can not forget...