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| State puts doctor on probation for inmate's death |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 11/04/2004 |
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A doctor has been placed on three years' probation after treating an inmate who later died of alcohol withdrawal syndrome. The New York Board for Professional Medical Conduct also permanently barred Doctor Morteza Naghibi from practicing medicine at correctional facilities. Naghibi maintains a private infectious disease practice in Troy. The board found Naghibi failed to meet minimum standards of care for 46-year-old Ray Valigorsky, an inmate at the Rensselaer County Jail who died in 2002. The state Department of Health ruled that Naghibi gave improper prescriptions to Valigorsky and failed to examine him. The inmate's family settled a lawsuit against the county, the doctor and the agency that supplied nurses to the jail earlier this year for $150,000 dollars. Naghibi did not contest the state's findings, but said they weren't accurate. |
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