- The Shkreli Awards were created by the Lown Institute and for the sixth consecutive year they were held.
- With a dose of humor and irony, they focus on recognizing the worst of Medicine in the world.
- On this occasion, Dr. Scott Charmoli received the Worst Physician of the Year award for committing a million-dollar fraud with which he defrauded both patients and insurers.
If something distinguishes health professionals, it is excellence. It is a fairly demanding field in which high competition prevails. But although most do comply with this characteristic, there are also others that do not. There are few who do not act correctly, although in the end they stain the entire guild. But do you know who are the worst doctors and hospitals in the world?
This is a rather complex question but it does have an answer and can be found in the Shkreli Awards. It is a project of lown institute and for the sixth consecutive year it was held.
As in other categories such as film and music, not all awards are for the best of the year. There are also others that focus on the most unfortunate. In this case, with the help of the readers of the Low Weekly the nominees for the worst doctors, hospitals and pharmaceuticals of the last 12 months are chosen.
While a panel of experts made up of doctors and journalists selects a “winner” in each of the 10 available categories.
The worst doctor in the world in 2022
On this occasion this “recognition” was for the Dr Scott Charmoliwho practiced in Wisconsin as a dentist until he was sentenced to 54 months in prison for committing health care fraud and making false statements in July 2022.
Dr. Charmoli started a scheme in 2015 in which he aggressively sold crowns to patients and then intentionally broke their teeth with his drill to defraud dental insurance companies into paying for unnecessary procedures.
The worst hospital in the world
For his part, he Catholic Medical Center located in Manchester, New Hampshire, he took this award. Everything was generated because he was aware of the bad practices committed by the heart surgeon Yvon Baribeau and at no time did he do anything to stop it. From an investigation it was found that the executives supported him and allowed him to continue his operations.
According to a work published last year, during his career the specialist accumulated 21 complaints for medical negligence, including 14 related to patient deaths. Finally in 2019 he retired and it was not until after his case was made known that it immediately caused outrage throughout the union.
The worst pharmacist in the world
Finally, in this category the “winner” was johnson&johnson because it has received million-dollar complaints regarding its baby powder that allegedly contains asbestos and has maintained its sale. So far it has received more than 40,000 complaints from people who have developed cancer.
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