The N&O has printed a new story on the Melvin Levine case this morning (in all likelihood, to kill commentary that was not exactly spinning the Boards' way on the first story) that gives no more real information than the first. It's just spin.
I'm fairly disgusted with the whole lot in this mess: Levine, the patient-accusers, the Medical Board. In a case like this . . . if you're "innocent" . . . or victimized and want people to know the truth about what happened . . . or truly in the game to protect the public . . . you do not compromise or settle. You fight. You demand a public reckoning.
I mean, my God, we're talking about *&^%$#@ alleged child abuse on the part of a Pediatrician!?! Child abuse that allegedly took place on the campus of one of North Carolina's most renowned medical institutions!
As it is, all the lawyers can spin. It's pretty nauseating.
From my comment this morning on the second story:
This article gives no more information than the one the N&O published yesterday, and will serve to kill commentary there. It's just more lawyerly spin (in favor of the Medical Board) for a bad decision. There should have been a hearing. Testimony should have been heard and vetted. The was an opportunity for Dr. Levine to be heard and judged by his peers.
We the public do not know the truth, and will not know the truth.
Let me ask the N&O this (again). IF the NCMB really thinks the man is guilty of a crime that society regards as heinous and would prosecute in normal circumstances, IF all they have done is confirm his decision (in the wake of the scandal) to retire and move on to other things, WHAT exactly have they accomplished in terms of protecting the public?
I know I'm busting the chops of the hand that feeds, but this Board has a LONG history of sweeping badness under the rug. Been there, done that, lost my job for FIGHTING THEIR FIGHT.
I hate cover-ups. I hate it even more when the newspapers play along.
The North Carolina Medical Board covered-up and condoned what was done to me eleven years ago - by a hospital covering up medical badness . . . not to mention crimes I reported to them six years ago.
They could not/cannot make so much as a phone call to the Attorney General? I just am not EVER going to buy that!
And/so the Board's inaction and silence served to send the very clear message that it's a-okay with them, as the licensing body for physicians in this state, for hospitals to retaliate against doctors for putting patients before profit and good PR. The Board didn't lift a finger to protect the duties they require.
They're covering up now . . . something apparently much uglier.
So much for accountability and transparency.
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My guess is that we will learn more about the truth from the lawsuits going on now against Boston Childrens Hospital.
The truth - whatever it is- will come out.
I'm not so sure about that.
The standard of "proof" in civil court is not nearly as high as in criminal court (part of the reason I'd like to see Morrison & Eblin be prosecuted in my case - so there would be NO QUESTION about what they did to me) . . . and verdicts are often swayed on emotion/empathy for those making the accusations.
We see this in malpractice cases.
Moreover, the people making these accusations - about events alleged to have happened years ago - are not likely going to be able to present any real "proof" of anything. In the end, all we can do is take their word . . . or Dr. Levine's word . . . about what happened.
The NC Medical Board is composed of doctors - who unlike a layperson, might have a better inkling of what was necessary and what was not in Dr. Levine's exams.
It was the best venue - and had the best chance for sorting out what was real and what might be fabrication.
And (as usual), they took the lowest road of least resistance.
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