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Shih Shih / Comprehensive Report | China Times Electronic News – November 1, 2015
A Taiwanese-American female doctor in California was convicted on October 30 for overprescribing painkillers, resulting in the deaths of three patients. The jury found her guilty on three counts of second-degree murder, and she could face life imprisonment. This marks the first case in the U.S. where a doctor has been convicted of murder due to improper prescriptions.
Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John Niedermann stated that 45-year-old Hsiu Ying “Lisa” Tseng provided "crazy, outrageous doses" of painkillers to patients who did not need them, leading to the overdose deaths of three male patients aged 21, 25, and 29 between March and December 2009. She was also charged with 18 counts of illegally prescribing controlled substances and one count of obtaining controlled substances through fraud.
Niedermann said, "Doctors cannot hide behind their white coats to commit crimes. She prescribed these drugs knowing the patients could abuse them and die." Prosecutors told the jury that Tseng did not thoroughly verify her patients' conditions before prescribing medication. When two undercover agents posing as patients visited her and admitted potential drug addiction issues, she still provided them with addictive substances.
Tseng’s lawyer expressed shock at the verdict, stating that she prescribed the drugs out of excessive trust in her patients and that the deaths resulted from patients taking far higher doses than recommended. Sentencing is scheduled for December 14, and her lawyer indicated plans to appeal.
Tseng, an osteopath and internist, obtained her medical license in 1997 and opened a clinic in Rowland Heights in 2005, an area populated by upper-middle-class residents and affluent immigrants from China, Taiwan, and South Korea. Prosecutors revealed that within less than three years of practice, she profited $5 million (approximately NT$160 million) from overprescribing. One patient overdosed in her clinic and narrowly survived after emergency treatment.
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California Female Doctor Convicted of Murder for Overprescribing Painkillers
A Taiwanese-American female doctor in California was convicted on October 30 for overprescribing painkillers, resulting in the deaths of three patients. The jury found her guilty on three counts of second-degree murder, and she could face life imprisonment. This marks the first case in the U.S. where a doctor has been convicted of murder due to improper prescriptions.
Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John Niedermann stated that 45-year-old Hsiu Ying “Lisa” Tseng provided "crazy, outrageous doses" of painkillers to patients who did not need them, leading to the overdose deaths of three male patients aged 21, 25, and 29 between March and December 2009. She was also charged with 18 counts of illegally prescribing controlled substances and one count of obtaining controlled substances through fraud.
Niedermann said, "Doctors cannot hide behind their white coats to commit crimes. She prescribed these drugs knowing the patients could abuse them and die." Prosecutors told the jury that Tseng did not thoroughly verify her patients' conditions before prescribing medication. When two undercover agents posing as patients visited her and admitted potential drug addiction issues, she still provided them with addictive substances.
Tseng’s lawyer expressed shock at the verdict, stating that she prescribed the drugs out of excessive trust in her patients and that the deaths resulted from patients taking far higher doses than recommended. Sentencing is scheduled for December 14, and her lawyer indicated plans to appeal.
Tseng, an osteopath and internist, obtained her medical license in 1997 and opened a clinic in Rowland Heights in 2005, an area populated by upper-middle-class residents and affluent immigrants from China, Taiwan, and South Korea. Prosecutors revealed that within less than three years of practice, she profited $5 million (approximately NT$160 million) from overprescribing. One patient overdosed in her clinic and narrowly survived after emergency treatment.
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