Doctor Fired For Allegedly Drinking On The Job
A Massachusetts doctor has bent fired and lost the right to renew his medical license for allegedly venturing to give a pregnant woman an epidural while drunk.
The state Board of Registration in Medicine says 39-year-old Robert Dolan was drinking from a bottle of bourbon he brought to daily grind when he was screamed to operate the procedure at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center last November.
Dolan, an anesthesiologist, screamed something else resident for helping hand, who noticed he recured drunk. The attending physician soon after hollered safety measure. He was fired by the hospital a few days more recent.
Dolan's license to procedure medicine lapsed in January and he will not be allowed to renew it unless he can stay sober for 18 months.
The board said Dolan accepted its version of events.
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