SCARFACE_BENGAL Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 [b]Doctor Allegedly Mocked Obese Woman, Told Patient To Shoot Self[/b] [b]Judge Orders Disciplinary Proceedings To Stop[/b] POSTED: 7:58 am EDT July 7, 2006 CONCORD, N.H. -- [b]A judge has ordered the state Board of Medicine to stop disciplinary proceedings against a doctor accused of telling a patient she was so obese she might only be attractive to black men and advising another to shoot herself following brain surgery.[/b] Judge Edward Fitzgerald made clear in a ruling released Thursday that he did not condone remarks attributed to Dr. Terry Bennett and found them unnecessary, but ruled Bennett had a right to speak bluntly. "It is nonetheless important ... to ensure that physicians and patients are free to discuss matters relating to health without fear of government reprisal, even if such discussions may sometimes be harsh, rude or offensive to the listener," he concluded in the ruling Wednesday. [b]The complaints against Bennett included charges that he told a white patient that she was so obese she might only be attractive to black men. [/b] [b]"Let's face it, if your husband were to die tomorrow, who would want you?" the board has said Bennett told the overweight patient in June 2004. "Well, men might want you, but not the types you want to want you. Might even be a black guy," it quoted him as saying, based on the woman's complaint.[/b] Bennett, 68, has denied making the comment, but has said he's seen polls supporting that position. [b]"If you look at the polling, nobody likes fat women," he said last year. "Is it right? No. Is it sensible? No. Is it true? Yeah ... Black guys are the only group that don't mind that. Is that racist to say that?"[/b] [b]A 2001 complaint accused Bennett of telling a woman recovering from brain surgery to buy a pistol and shoot herself to end her suffering. The doctor was also accused of speaking harshly to a woman about how her son might have contracted hepatitis, according to the ruling.[/b] Bennett claimed victory. The question now is: Will the board waste more of your and my tax dollars and appeal this, or accept done as done?" he said in a telephone interview. Fitzgerald also ruled that state and American Medical Association requirements to treat patients with "compassion and respect for human dignity and rights" are so vague they are unconstitutional. Bennett probably would have won his challenges before the board, the judge said. [b]Bennett said he planned to sue everyone involved for "malicious prosecution."[/b] [b]"I am not inclined to be forgiving about it," he said. "It's been devastating and infuriating."[/b] Assistant Attorney General Elyse Alkalay, who represented the board in the court case, said she was reviewing the ruling and had not decided whether to appeal. Bennett could have faced penalties ranging from a written reprimand to suspension or revocation of his medical license. [url="http://www.nbc6.net/nationalnews/9481716/detail.html"]http://www.nbc6.net/nationalnews/9481716/detail.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85fanwilkes Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 Man that dude is harsh as hell someone should shoot him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nati Ice Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 fuck that, obese people are lazy as shit and should be mocked at all costs... unless you have a real medical excuse there is no reason to be 50 pounds overweight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThurmanMunster Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 [quote name='Nati Ice' post='291146' date='Jul 7 2006, 02:47 PM']fuck that, obese people are lazy as shit and should be mocked at all costs... unless you have a real medical excuse there is no reason to be 50 pounds overweight[/quote] that post probably pissed off 90% of this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bengalrick Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 the only part i disagree w/ nati about, is being able to make fun of them at all costs... some people do have medical problems that cause them to gain weight and not take it back off... but most obesity is caused by lack of excercise, bad diets, and pure laziness... with all that being said, making fun of someone should not be the answer... a doctor telling someone to shoot theirself is certainly not the answer... but it should be the doctors duty to make it clear as glass, to tell their patients if they are overweight... its for everyones good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knucklehead Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 Somebody has been watching too much HOUSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nati Ice Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 [quote name='ThurmanMunster' post='291153' date='Jul 7 2006, 03:14 PM']that post probably pissed off 90% of this board.[/quote]that was most definitely a light hearted statement to say the least... ridiculing someone serves no purpose and being obese by choice is laziness... take that as you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 [size=3][quote name='SCARFACE_BENGAL' post='291046' date='Jul 7 2006, 09:45 AM']a doctor accused of telling a patient she was so obese she might [b]only be attractive to black men[/b][/quote][/size] [center][img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/Tredcrow/chicken.gif[/img][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knucklehead Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 So what is it about black dudes with fat chicks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MULLY Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 [quote name='Nati Ice' post='291146' date='Jul 8 2006, 03:47 AM']fuck that, obese people are lazy as shit and should be mocked at all costs... unless you have a real medical excuse there is no reason to be 50 pounds overweight[/quote] Ahem!! MULLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BadassBengal Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 [quote name='Knucklehead' post='291194' date='Jul 7 2006, 07:06 PM']So what is it about black dudes with fat chicks?[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 [size=4][center] [quote name='SCARFACE_BENGAL' post='291046' date='Jul 7 2006, 09:45 AM']she was so obese she might only be attractive to black men[/quote][img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/23.gif[/img] [/size] [img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/Tredcrow/DA-FUK.jpg[/img][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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