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The consequences for a Miami doctor accused of malpractice in a Jackson patient’s death
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The state Board of Drugs ordered a Miami physician to pay $5,920.45 and attend three hours of constant medical schooling after analyzing a Florida Division of Well being grievance regarding a coronary heart surgical procedure affected person’s dying.
There additionally can be a letter of concern issued by the Board of Drugs to Dr. John Sciarra, in line with the ultimate order, which got here down Thursday.
In keeping with Sciarra’s on-line Florida Division of Well being profile, that is the primary disciplinary motion towards the anesthesiologist since he grew to become licensed in 1997. Sciarra’s profile says his official handle is Larkin Group Hospital in South Miami and he has employees privileges at College of Miami hospitals and clinics.
The fatality occurred at Jackson Memorial Hospital, as described within the administrative grievance. The ultimate order says Sciarra was represented by legal professional June Hoffman and “the details aren’t in dispute.”
From the executive grievance, beforehand described in a Might 2021 Miami Herald story:
Coronary heart surgical procedure on 57-year-old man “P.S.” went advantageous on Jan. 18,2018, however throughout switch from the working room to the mattress, “the affected person’s air flow machine was disconnected from the circuit.”
The grievance stated Sciarra ought to’ve prevented the issue and, when it occurred, acknowledged the issue in order that P.S. “wasn’t well-ventilated for 2 to 9 minutes.”
This brought about a slowed coronary heart fee adopted by cardiac arrest. The minimize within the sternum used for the surgical procedure was reopened for a cardiac therapeutic massage, throughout which the suitable ventricle was punctured. P.S. was placed on a cardio pulmonary pump, then taken to intensive care on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, then recognized as mind useless. P.S. died on Jan. 23, 2019.
The ultimate order stated mitigating elements in Sciarra’s self-discipline have been:
▪ “Not all of the vents surrounding the circumstances which can be the topic of this disciplinary motion” have been inside Sciarra’s management.
▪ “The affected person’s dying was, at the least partially, attributable to a system error.”
▪ Sciarra “voluntarily participated in a root trigger evaluation subsequent to the vent that result in this disciplinary motion.”
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 14-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were among the four suspects arrested during a recent undercover operation in Miami-Dade County, according to deputies.
Surveillance video at a CVS on Tuesday in South Miami Heights shows the teenage girl had climbed over the pharmacy’s counter to search the shelves of prescription medications, according to deputies.
A detective later saw the two teens who are cousins arrive together at a Walgreens in West Perrine in a gray Dodge Durango that the boy was driving, according to the arrest reports in the case.
Records show detectives believe the teens were after promethazine with codeine, a prescription medication used to temporarily relieve upper respiratory symptoms that is also an ingredient of “purple drank,” a recreational drug also known as “Lean” or “Sizzurp.”
According to Detective Luis Sierra, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office, the other two suspects arrested during the undercover operation were Yordan Pratspiloto and Jorge Hitchman-Alonso, a convicted felon.
Detectives caught Hitchman, 62, with a shopping cart carrying two electric pressure washer machines worth about $350 that he had not paid for after walking out of a Home Depot in South Miami Heights, according to the deputies’ arrest report.
Deputies also accused Pratspiloto, 42, of stealing about $84 in items from Burlington and over $405 from Ross in Cutler Bay; and about $150 in items from Burlington in Kendall, according to deputies.
In all, Pratspiloto’s alleged crime spree on Tuesday involved him hiding items worth more than $645 in the waistband of his shorts at the three stores, according to the deputies’ arrest report.
In 2023, Pratspiloto was among the trio who stole about $1,000 in women’s shoes from Burlington in Doral, records show.
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HIALEAH, Fla. – Sergio Velazquez, the Hialeah police chief from 2012 to 2021, walked out of jail Tuesday after prosecutors accused him of stealing city funds to cover lavish personal expenses including shopping for Rolex, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, and Versace.
Attorney Rick Diaz represented Velazquez, 61, when he appeared before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer Tuesday in bond court. Before corrections released him, he had to prove that the source of his $30,000 bond was not criminal.
Records show prosecutors accused Velazquez of stealing over $635,000 out of the $2.6 million that vanished while he allegedly exploited the city’s narcotics investigations and forfeiture funds.
Velazquez faced charges of organized fraud, money laundering, and first-degree grand theft.
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