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       Doctor accused of faking cancer dx for money
       By: agate Date: June 8, 2024, 1:17 am
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       I sometimes pick up stories about misbehaving doctors. We tend
       to put doctors on pedestals and to fail to realize that they're
       fallible human beings, not gods or even crystal-ball gazers. So
       here's another story.
       From Medpage Today (May 29, 2024), "Investigative Roundup"
       section:
       [quote]
       [font=berninasansweb]Doc Accused of Faking Cancer Diagnosis for
       Money[/font]
       A physician in Canada allegedly lied about a cancer diagnosis
       and conned a fellow doctor into loaning her tens of thousands of
       dollars that she's never repaid, according to an investigation
       by the CBC.
       [font=berninasansweb]Meaghan Labine, MD, PhD, said she loaned
       more than $160,000 to Monica Kehar, MD, who said she had breast
       cancer but ultimately did not, the outlet reported.[/font]
       [font=berninasansweb]Kehar first asked for $500, but over 8
       months, the tally grew far higher: "It just seemed like no
       matter how much I lent, it was never enough," Labine told the
       CBC.[/font]
       [font=berninasansweb]The two met while doing residency in family
       medicine. They were at different institutions but both were
       elected to positions at the College of Family Physicians of
       Canada.[/font]
       [font=berninasansweb]Labine caught onto the scheme after Kehar
       sent her an email to show she had a job offer with an
       established doctor, but when Labine asked that doctor about
       Kehar, that doctor had never heard of her, CBC reported.[/font]
       [font=berninasansweb]Labine won a judgment against Kehar in
       Ontario Superior Court but still hasn't been paid, according to
       the article, so she filed a lawsuit against Kehar to try to get
       her money back.[/font]
       [font=berninasansweb]Kehar reportedly received money from others
       as well. The University of Manitoba investigated her for
       altering emails and faking a serious illness to get colleagues
       to loan her money, and ended up expelling her, CBC reported. The
       College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba did its own
       investigation and censured her, the article stated.[/font]
       [font=berninasansweb]CBC determined Kehar moved to British
       Columbia and started a clinic in Vancouver focused on electrical
       muscle stimulation, called Prestige Body Lab, which has since
       closed.[/font]
       [/quote]
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