VA Doc Admits Giving Wrong Dosage of Radiation to Vets
Tuesday June 30, 2009
The VA doctor who has been accused of administering the incorrect amount of radiation to prostate cancer patients at a VA hospital has publicly admitted his mistake. Dr. Gary Kau, claimed responsibility for accidentally giving prostate cancer patients sometimes too much or too little radiation in radioactive seed implantation surgery. It is a common treatment for prostate cancer to have small metal "seeds" implanted near the tumor site that delivers radiation over a long period of time.
How did these inaccuracies occur? Dr. Kau incorrectly placed the radioactive seeds, missing the target area for radiation to be delivered. No patients died, but 57 patients received too little radiation, while about 35 received too much. In fact, 25 men received radiation that could have seriously damaged nearby organs.
The VA hospital in Philadelphia where Dr. Kau practiced medicine has since shut the doors on its brachytherapy program. Kau still has his license, but has taken a leave of absence from his post at the hospital. Kau claims he is no "rogue physician" and always acted in the best interest of the patient, yet was aware of his fallacies during surgery.
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How did these inaccuracies occur? Dr. Kau incorrectly placed the radioactive seeds, missing the target area for radiation to be delivered. No patients died, but 57 patients received too little radiation, while about 35 received too much. In fact, 25 men received radiation that could have seriously damaged nearby organs.
The VA hospital in Philadelphia where Dr. Kau practiced medicine has since shut the doors on its brachytherapy program. Kau still has his license, but has taken a leave of absence from his post at the hospital. Kau claims he is no "rogue physician" and always acted in the best interest of the patient, yet was aware of his fallacies during surgery.
Sound Off! Do You Think Dr. Gary Pau Should Still be Allowed to Practice Medicine? Leave your thoughts in the 'Comments' section below!
Comments
Fire the jerk. If I made the same mistake 25 times in my job, I would have been fired long ago. This is people’s lives he messing with!
Dear cancer sociaty
I’ve been an Artist all my life but where I really gained my best understanding is when I droped my former life & let the harmony of LIfe & GOD arange my path/experances to adjust my views soto grasp the knowlage of Life,GOD,& Existance!
But as for U all, U should be very intrusted in, & hopfully U all will do much in (refining if needed), but mostly “getting this solution to cancer, out there, so people might use it”.
Quite a number of years ago in Miami, FL.s, Coconut Grove, I met a man with his dog in peacock Park. Shortly after meeting him & right after he mentioned that he researched cancer as a profession. So I did what I normaly do when I meet a Professional. Ask all kinds of questions pertaining to whatever. In this case cancer. It only took a few facts to come up with an idea of what would (first) get recognition of the detramental cellular growth to the areas that need said info. So to make the needed cells to correct the detramental cells before the growth gets so large that a lump can be felt, “by simply messaging the body”. Even then when the/a, cancer growth gets large enough to feel a lump, the only difference in the messaging, would be to message around the area (not over top) this he agreed would produce cell walls that would inhibit the growth outward into the body, but by not messaging over top of the area it would leave a path for the cancer to grow “to the surface of the skin, & out of the body” theleast restrictive path. A sore would develop that would quickly breakopen & most of the liquid that would come out would be the cancers growth. Then have the person take a very small amount, & smell it, or have a very healthy person smell the recognition of the cancer. Then the custom sinus drainage (snot) should be swollowed by the diseased person, (the sinus drainage is not nesseseraly made for the person, it’s made spacificly for dealing with the bacteria breathed in, the stomach acids adjust the drainage to be accepted in to the paticular persons blood stream) & only after an obvious depleation of the cancerous fluid,should the drainage be put on to the sore, of which, will heal it up very quickly.
At the time I learned this I had anotjher experience that gave absolute recognition that this would work. A day or so before I met the researcher in the Grove, I had ran into an associate that was looking very down. After asking what the problum was, he explained of how the V.A. had just told him that his luqemia had became active. I was perplexed of how he would get out ward recognitionn of the cancer when it’s in the bone. I say him a few days after & I had came up with a possible solution. But as I walked over to him & before I even started to explaine the process that I had came up with. I noticed a sore on his calf with a long line of clear liquid (that had a thin, faint, streak of blood in it) I asked what’s that? He said; it’s my cancer! It came out of the bone & broke the skin open. That shows the line of thinking that I was on, was right on the money.
Dear Patrick Swayze
I first whish to express my extreame greaf of Farrah Fawcetts Passing. I had written a very detailed explanation of a solution to cancer that; I gained understanding of after meeting a man in Coconut Groves, Peacock Park, in south Miami. Of which he claim to study cancer as a living. I sent the writeup to the producers of the “Big Brother “with a note asking them to please forward the letters to U &Farrah Fawcett. This would have been around a week before her passing . I’m sending U prettymuch the same writeup via. This e-mail;
Sence your main collaborated cancerous growth is in your lung tissue; blow quite a number of deep/full breaths of air from your lungs into a plastic bag (not a ballon)”U don’t want to use your lung muscles more than absolutly needed”. Then have an aircompressor pump your lung exhaust (that’ll have recognition of your lung cancer) into a small compression cylender “that U can/should send to me along with 2 small ice chests with a number of 1oz. sealable containers. I’ll smell small amounts of this air, & after a couple of days I’ll Fill up the first container with my customized sinus drainage (s.d.)(which is not made for the person, it’s made spacificly to deal with whatever is being breathed in) of which I’ll first clean my mouth very well,pull the s.d. down into my trought & instead of swollowing it I’ll hock it up, into my mouth, swich it around, breaking it up, then spit it into the containers that U send. I’ll then send it to U overnight express. In with those to ice chest, also send; 4 freezable ice bags. Also have your Doctor(s) take photos of the cancerous cells as well as, healthy cells, of the same area(s) clearly labled. These photos R for my brain to gain recognition of what needs to be corrected. It makes sence that the 2 sinuses in the forhead R controled by the brain more so than the sence of smell. I’d suggest to also take cultures of any other cancerous growths & take photos of both the cancerous cells as well as the healthy ones. Send these to me as well. Once the cultures have grown to a sizeable recognition, send these to me as well.
U can have your doctor(s) test to make sure my s.d. is gona do what I’m saying it’ll do. Is have them take a small amount of your stomach acids I’d say around 1/3rd to 1/4th of the amount of s.d.. After mixing them together put the mixture in with the cancerous cells, this should take the cells to there 4th stage, of a healthy, normal cell, develpment . Giving U absolute recognition that this process would work.
Tom j.Thebo Jr. “Nature”!
GET RID OF THE VA – MAKE A PRIVATE INSTITUTION SO WE CAN BE SURE OF EXCELLENT CARE. THEYSUCK!!!