Scandal doctor is supposed to have brain damage

The legal dispute over the case of the Dutch scandal doctor goes into the next round. The neurologist had made false diagnoses in many patients. Last year, he was sentenced to prison. On appeal, his lawyer declared that the doctor was suffering from brain damage.

Doctor should have a brain damage
A Dutch doctor, accused of serious misdiagnosis, suffers from brain damage, according to his defender. According to a news agency dpa news agency, attorney Peter Plasman in Arnhem said at the start of the appeal proceedings against the doctor that the damage was the result of a serious car accident in 1990. This is also evident from medical reports. The physician had not appeared in court on the advice of his defense.

Falsely diagnosed incurable diseases
The now 69-year-old neurologist is said to have made wrong decisions in the mid-1990s to 2003 in over 200 patients in a Dutch hospital. Among other things, he had diagnosed incurable diseases such as Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis (MS) in dozens of patients. According to the information, a woman subsequently committed suicide. The in different media also as "horror doctor" or "Dr. Frankenstein "titled scandal doctor was also active in Worms. And also in Heilbronn, where he had come via a mediation agency. The German clinics had excluded damage to patients that could have been caused by the doctor, but excluded.

Doctor sentenced to three years imprisonment
In 2013, the trial against the physician had begun. He was sentenced to three years in prison without parole last year for serious abuse. Among other things, the accused said that misdiagnoses were part of the medical profession. The trial also showed how long it can take for such a case to go to court. Although hundreds of former patients of the doctor had already reported in 2005, the prosecutor's office initiated investigations in 2009. The appeal judges must now clarify whether he was sane. A verdict is expected in June. (Ad)