Marshall Allen

Reporter/ Medical Affairs

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Board chief fires back, backs off: Accused of hindering Desai probe, he blasts prosecutor, then backpedals; medical board to cooperate; Thursday, May 8, 2008; The executive director of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners unleashed a tirade against a county prosecutor before saying the board would turn over to investigators any complaints in its files about Dr. Dipak Desai.
Peddling medical getaways: Salesmen beat drum for overseas operations on the cheap; Wednesday, May 7, 2008; With signs promoting trips to Singapore, Thailand and Monterrey, Mexico, the gathering might have been for travel agents.
Medical board refuses to release Desai complaints: Group accused of protecting doctors, not public; Wednesday, May 7, 2008; The criminal investigation into the conduct of Dr. Dipak Desai, the physician at the center of the nation’s biggest hepatitis C scare, has hit a roadblock: the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners.
Desai tried shipping vehicles overseas. Would he have followed?: Wednesday, April 30, 2008; Dr. Dipak Desai, under investigation for his role in the nation’s biggest hepatitis C scare, tried shipping two personal luxury vehicles to Dubai.
At first blush, a tough J-1 board: Council formed in wake of criticism doesn’t roll over on first application; Tuesday, April 15, 2008; Nevada’s latest effort to reform a program that brings foreign physicians to the state is off to a deliberate and disciplined start. For the first time ever, health care experts debated in public the merits of hiring arrangements for the physicians.
Foreign doctors get new guardians: Advisory council to keep spotlight on visa program that some employers abused; Friday, April 11, 2008; A program that a Sun investigation revealed had been widely abused by employers, leading to the exploitation of foreign doctors and neglect of medically needy patients, is taking another important step toward reform.
Patients give higher marks to nonprofits: For-profit hospitals dominate Vegas market, rank low in surveys; Tuesday, April 8, 2008; Only four in 10 patients treated at Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center said they would definitely recommend the facility to their family and friends. And the numbers are almost as bad for many other for-profit hospitals in Las Vegas.
More unsanitary procedures documented: Clinic did 2-minute surgeries amid complaints by nurses, report finds; Wednesday, April 2, 2008; The disclosure in February that 40,000 people were at risk of infectious disease because of dangerous injection practices at a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic stunned a community already wary of the quality of health care.
Angry public, hopeful leaders: 200 turn out to vent about health scare; leaders say Nevada has rare chance to fix system; Tuesday, March 25, 2008; The state faces a defining moment that will determine many future aspects of health care oversight and regulation as the public, reeling from the Endoscopy Center of Souther Nevada revelations, showed up in force at a meeting Monday before the state’s Legislative Committee on Health Care.
Clinic doctors ﬁnally to talk — under oath: Tuesday, March 25, 2008; The public may finally get answers — from doctors under oath — about the dangerous injection practices that led to the nation’s largest hepatitis C scare, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said Monday.