Doctor tied to hepatitis cases settles lawsuit

Dr. Harvey Finkelstein, the Dix Hills physician who the state Department of Health says put thousands of patients at risk by reusing syringes, has settled a medical malpractice lawsuit with a Syosset man who ...

[NY to VA]

he settled a malpractice suit and did not claim any wrong doing.. he has got to be kidding.
If you settle something you are admitting you were wrong or else a complete idiot for settling.
I happen to think he is a complete idiot,who thought he would get away with it,
Where is the court of law that says you can settle and not accept guilt? Why because the health department is involved?
If that was anyone else they would have been in jail .
You have to love the laws in the State of N Y ...where else could someone pull off what this so called Dr, is.

[Badtothebone]

The article said he continues to practice, I can't believe his patients continue to go to him after this! How can this guy look his patients in the eye?

[susan]

He's a good man

[Idea in NY]

NY to VA wrote:

he settled a malpractice suit and did not claim any wrong doing.. he has got to be kidding.
If you settle something you are admitting you were wrong or else a complete idiot for settling.
I happen to think he is a complete idiot,who thought he would get away with it,
Where is the court of law that says you can settle and not accept guilt? Why because the health department is involved?
If that was anyone else they would have been in jail .
You have to love the laws in the State of N Y ...where else could someone pull off what this so called Dr, is.

Apparently you are completely ignorant to the meaning of the word settlement. Whether it's in NY or Fl, doctors settle malpractice suits all the time, and with no admission of wrongdoing. Many times it is less expensive to settle than to fight, and it is up to the malpractice insurance company whether to continue to fight or to settle.

[mariann]

Why is this man still practicing medicine? He should be in jail for what he did. I hope he gets sued for every penny he is worth. May he never get a days rest. He should be ashamed of himself.

[Pandora Spock]

Is there any site on the Internet that you can check to see if a doctor has had malpractice suits filed against him so you can protect yourself? For instance,if you just moved to New York to prevent a person from unknowingly becoming a patient of Harvey Finklestein?

How can the public protect itself from rogue doctors?

[Get real Susan]

susan wrote:

He's a good man

A good man would care about his patients' well-being and would not re-use syringes. Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows you do not re-use syringes. It is inconceivable that a doctor would not know this. He should lose his medical license.

[Get real Susan]

Pandora Spock wrote:

Is there any site on the Internet that you can check to see if a doctor has had malpractice suits filed against him so you can protect yourself? For instance,if you just moved to New York to prevent a person from unknowingly becoming a patient of Harvey Finklestein?
How can the public protect itself from rogue doctors?

Go to www.nydoctorprofile.com and you can search for doctors and it will show if the doctor has been sued for malpractice.

[BiBi Upstate Ukie]

To paraphase an earlier blog "he's a good man" (which I don't agree with )BUT a LOUSY Doctor - pull his license already!!

[Justice for All]

Pat wrote:

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If he was a good man he would not have done what he dis, he is just a greedy jew who puts money above the lives of people, he should burn in hell

What does his religion have anything to do with this? Answer: Nothing. You should be ashamed of including this in your comment which only exposes your prejudice and bigotry.

[Susie]

Idea in NY wrote:

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Apparently you are completely ignorant to the meaning of the word settlement. Whether it's in NY or Fl, doctors settle malpractice suits all the time, and with no admission of wrongdoing. Many times it is less expensive to settle than to fight, and it is up to the malpractice insurance company whether to continue to fight or to settle.

Keep in mind that the vast majority of doctors have malpractice insurance and are not paying for their own defense, or they pay "only" a portion of the first $25,000.00 of their defense costs, with the carrier picking up the balance.

Also, though with other types of liability insurance it is usually the insurance company that has the discretion to settle, with malpractice insurance, typically it is provided in the policy that the doctor has to consent to a settlement.

[Guilty]

"Finkelstein, who did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement and continues to practice, now has settled 11 malpractice lawsuits in the past eight years, the Department of Health said. Fewer than 200 of the state's 80,000 doctors have settled that many cases, according to Washington-based consumer group Public Citizen."

The fact that he continues to practice does NOT settle things to everyones satisfaction. The missing component here is his FUTURE patients.

It is immoral to take a settlement from this guy and unfortunate as it is for me to say, the victims should be ashamed of themselves. They should have allowed the path to go till it ended.
With his license to practice in NY State removed!

How they going to fell when he damages his next patient and they're responsible? What if it's a little kid? Shame, Shame, Shame... I would not take a dime from this idiot, and if I had some of the complications they talk about, well then I could assure you the Doc's biggest problem would be praying for regular bowel movements!!!

No admission of any wrongdoing? Just un-f-r-e-a-k-i-n-g REAL... SHAME on you for taking the MONEY!

[Guilty]

Justice for All wrote:

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What does his religion have anything to do with this?

Answer: In this case, EVERYTHING... He happens to be Jewish, can't hide that. And he was so freaking CHEAP he re-used throw-a-way needles that cost next to nothing. In doing so, he contradicted his sworn oath to his patients and actually, KNOWINGLY caused them INJURY.

So, I'm Polish, maybe Greek, Italian, etc. But ask him and he'll tell you he's JEWISH, not ISREALI... Jew's identify with their RELIGION and not country, so why then is it wrong to identify them with their religion?

[songbird]

NY to VA wrote:

he settled a malpractice suit and did not claim any wrong doing.. he has got to be kidding.
If you settle something you are admitting you were wrong or else a complete idiot for settling.
I happen to think he is a complete idiot,who thought he would get away with it,
Where is the court of law that says you can settle and not accept guilt? Why because the health department is involved?
If that was anyone else they would have been in jail .
You have to love the laws in the State of N Y ...where else could someone pull off what this so called Dr, is.

you are obviously not a lawyer or insurance person. we settle cases all the time because it's less expensive than taking them to trial. people who aren't really injured, or who ar einjured but not by the defendant, often collect $$ because the cost of litigation is outrageous.

[songbird]

Guilty wrote:

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Answer: In this case, EVERYTHING... He happens to be Jewish, can't hide that. And he was so freaking CHEAP he re-used throw-a-way needles that cost next to nothing. In doing so, he contradicted his sworn oath to his patients and actually, KNOWINGLY caused them INJURY.
So, I'm Polish, maybe Greek, Italian, etc. But ask him and he'll tell you he's JEWISH, not ISREALI... Jew's identify with their RELIGION and not country, so why then is it wrong to identify them with their religion?

You are a bigot, pure and simple.

Newsday had reports of at least three other doctors, none of them Jewish, who did the same thing...reports buried in the middle of the paper, not the front page.

[Pat]

Justice for All wrote:

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What does his religion have anything to do with this? Answer: Nothing. You should be ashamed of including this in your comment which only exposes your prejudice and bigotry.

Beig jreish is noy just religionm they are a semitic race of people and work in unison with each otheand psycologicaly different from the rest of the population and have many negative traits

Jews are genetic beothers of the Arabs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/742...

[dfhsjk]

Badtothebone wrote:

The article said he continues to practice, I can't believe his patients continue to go to him after this! How can this guy look his patients in the eye?

i just thank god my mom's tests came back clean. she was one of his patients in the time frame. it's such a shame because he really seemed like a nice person. i guess his ethics were a whole other issue.

[songbird]

Pat wrote:

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Beig jreish is noy just religionm they are a semitic race of people and work in unison with each otheand psycologicaly different from the rest of the population and have many negative traits
Jews are genetic beothers of the Arabs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/742...

leave it to a bigot to misuse and distort science.

[darla]

Pat wrote:

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If he was a good man he would not have done what he dis, he is just a greedy jew who puts money above the lives of people, he should burn in hell

Did you know that you should give thanks to the Jews for penicillin, multiple kinds of antibiotics and a host of other life-saving things? It's people like you who are the cause of unrest and hatred in the world. I sure hope you don't have children on which to pass your bigoted, prejudiced point of view. If you do, were they vaccinated against polio? Another discovery by a Jew who saved millions of children against this horrid disease, as well as your own if, heaven forbid, you have any. YOU are the one who should burn in hell.

[FEDUP]

mariann wrote:

Why is this man still practicing medicine? He should be in jail for what he did. I hope he gets sued for every penny he is worth. May he never get a days rest. He should be ashamed of himself.

That's what I'm trying to figure out. This doctor should have had his medical license taken away. It's no wonder why they keep complaining about the cost of malpractice insurance.