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NC doctor told patient she's fat, faces discipline

Posted on November 20, 2009 at 2:17 PM

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency.

The eye doctor's patient complained Sunderhaus poked her thigh and told her she is fat, and also scolded her as irresponsible for being unemployed and relying on taxpayers to pay for another pregnancy.

Sunderhaus admitted he told the patient that her thick thighs and diabetes could cause her to go blind.

He made his points again by writing the patient, Gov. Beverly Perdue and blasting the medical board.

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Information from: The News & Observer, http://www.newsobserver.com

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sidehack said on November 22, 2009 at 6:28 AM

ha ha ha ha ha

ncconservative said on November 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM

If He told her the truth, then the only recourse should be that he face what his customers think about it. Not what other doctors think of it. Did he charge her for his diagnosis? Was it wrong or life threatening?

papajoe said on November 23, 2009 at 11:04 AM

I'm not sure if the thigh poking was appropiate, but the advice to lose weight probably was. To my mind it fits as 'preventive medicine'. She probably needed a wakeup call that she needs to take responsibility for her actions.