After facing trial before the Medical Board of California, Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills fertility doctor of octumom Nadya Suleman, gets his license revoked. According to the board, Dr. Kamrava committed acts of gross negligence and repeated negligent acts with Suleman and two other patients. Revocation of license will take effect on July 1.
Read Medical Board of California Decision
This decision of the board attracted different comments from the readers, mostly with regards to the effect of the doctor’s negligence to the health of Suleman as well as how she would be able to raise all 14 children, including the octoplets. Many readers also react against the use of taxpayers’ money to help the family get through with everyday costs.
Diane Stadther of the usmagazine said, “Oh darn!!! It’s about freaking time!” regarding the board’s ruling. Why only now? In the process of in-vitro-fertilization, only 2 embryos are allowed to be transferred to patients ages 35 and below. In Suleman’s case, she got all 12 embryos, 7 of them were transferred at one time, and medical records of Suleman clearly state that. And in the page 20 of the Medical Board of California decision, it says that the professional guidelines specify that “anything more than twins is an undesirable consequence because of the greater risks on the fetuses and the mother. Negligence was obvious, but the decision took a quite long shot.
Latimes commenter Keiffer Hungerford said, “How about taking her off disability, and let the good doctor support the 8 kids, instead of taxpayers?” Suleman is now a mother of 14. With no job, she has to care for the needs of all her children, their basic needs, education as well as health insurance. Sure she would need a good hand from the public. Do you think it’s a moral responsibility of the negligent fertility doctor to provide financial assistance? Or should the medical board also make a decision regarding this matter?
CNN commenter mintymint said, “Maybe the doctor can go work for octomom now! I’m sure she could use a man around the house.” Sure this wasn’t the subtlest comment from readers, but it seems that the doctor was like forced to do it, as if a gun is pointed to his head. “The doctor “did not think he could refuse to transfer less embryos than those to which N.S. would agree because he believe at the time that the ultimate decision should be largely driven by the patient’s wishes,” the board wrote in the decision released Wednesday”, reports CNN. Whether Kamrava argued with Suleman or at least explained the consequences of going over the guidelines, I personally don’t know. But what seems to be clear to me is that he valued the payment more than doing a healthy medical practice.
Victoria Pelosi, who commented on blogs.ocweekly.com, said, “Good! Why he even helped the welfare freak contribute added burdens to society is beyond the understanding of any rational human being. We won’t look at any news bits about that horrid woman. So glad the guy lost his CA license to practice medicene.” Even if it’s a sad fact that a doctor’s 25 years of service would simply puff, some people feel it’s just right that Kamrava lose medical license due to 3 cases of negligence.
Doctors are respected in this society, but in times such as this, can we blame the common people for their unsavory comments against highly regarded professionals in medical scrubs and lab coats? Whether or not the patient makes sound decisions, the physician is always the one responsible of keeping the patients’ welfare safe.
