The Worst Day of My Life

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California Doctor Charged With Murder for Prescriptions A California Doctor that’s goes by the name, Dr. Hsui-Ying “Lisa” Tseng prescribed Or may I say over prescribed drugs to her patients. She is now being charged with murder of three patients and could possibly serve up to forty five years to life in jail. When asked to give a statement she commented she was “really strict” with her patients and followed legal procedures. She went on to say, “If my patient decides to take a month’s supply in a day then there’s nothing I can do about that.” Over prescribed drugs stuck out in one particular patient because it was his first and only time visiting “Dr. Feel good,” is what she’s now called. Joseph Rovero III was only twenty one years of age when he came into Dr. Tseng’s office complaining of pain in his hand, back, wrist and anxiety. He mentioned as many others have done, what another doctor had prescribed for him for his pain. Without giving a full examination Dr. Tseng prescribed him “OxyContin, Xanax, and Soma,” said the Osteopothic Medical Board of California. They also saw other procedures Dr. Tseng had fail to follow. For example, “Failure to get the patient history to explain the origin of his pain, Failure to acquire a history of drug or alcohol abuse and Failure to provide a record that Rovero gave informed consent to be treated with controlled substances.” These are just a couple procedures she didn’t follow in the patient’s examination and as a result this twenty one year old former High school football player died from over prescribed drugs. Over prescribed medication is a prime example of breach of Duty of Care by this Physician Dr. Tseng. She was also charged with twenty one counts of felonies. The Spikes 2 (DEA) Drug Enforcement Administration said, “she prescribed drugs using fraud

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