Lawsuit: New York City hospital covered up abuse by star doctor convicted of rape
The Toronto Star
23-05-22 21:00
Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York turned a blind eye to a doctor’s abuse of patients because of the revenue he generated, according to legal documents filed by 19 former patients of the healthcare facility. They claim that the hospital was aware that Dr Ricardo Cruciani was a serial abuser but failed to notify law enforcement or licensing authorities for over a decade or to alert future employers of Cruciani’s record. Cruciani was a specialist in rare and debilitating syndromes and abused pain patients who were seeking relief by overprescribing powerful painkillers to them. He killed himself at the notorious Rikers Island prison complex in New York last year after being jailed for 12 counts of violent abuse. The alleged abuse was an “open secret” among his colleagues, according to the lawsuit.
