With toxic chemo therapy for cancers they didnt have. He said, you need to start this drug immediately or you will die. That whole idea is just so heinous you cant even wrap your brain around. In all your years of medicine, could you ever have imagined a doctor doing Something Like this . Never. His patients never had a chance. I thought, i need to do something for them. Do no harm. Welcome to dateline, everyone. Im lester holt. For most cancer patients, the disease is the enemy. In this story, the enemy was the doctor. Its a case with hundreds of victims, millions in profits, and it was something as common as a broken leg that helped break open one of the biggest medical crimes in the country. Three little words you have cancer. He told me that i was terminal and that i was going to die. You cling to family, close friends, and your doctors. The people you trust. I was very scared. But in one unprecedented case, that cancer diagnosis came with a nefarious twist. He almost took my husba
Everyone. Im lester holt. For most cancer patients, the disease is the enemy. In this story, the enemy was the doctor. Its a case with hundreds of victims, millions in profits, and it was something as common as a broken leg that helped break open one of the biggest medical crimes in the country. Three little words you have cancer. He told me that i was terminal and that i was going to die. You cling to family, close friends, and your doctors. The people you trust. I was very scared. But in one unprecedented case, that cancer diagnosis came with a nefarious twist. He almost took my husband, then he almost took my best friend. Tonight, well bring you inside a web of lies that took years to expose. It is the most egregious case of fraud ive never seen in my stopped sooner before so many were hurt . How can somebody miss that red flag . I dont understand it. You would never guess that 54yearold monica flagg had any fair to say you had an active lifestyle. We were very active. A lot of trav
Monica spent hours and hours at the clinic, hooked up to i. V. Drs,etng immune boosters to keep the cancer at bay. It was a real lifestyle change. I had never seen a doctor that many times in my entire life. Luckily, monica had excellent insurance that would cover most of the bills, which quickly started adding up to tens of thousands of dollars in just a few months. But monica had been assured that with dr. Fata, she was getting the best care money could buy. I really felt that, in a sense, he was doing gods work. George was dr. Fatas Office Manager. He worked under his wife, samar, who ran the business side of the practice. 50 foot ceiling, artwork, grand piano. I thought to myself, oncology so your initial impression is this is an incredibly successful guy incredibly. I really wondered how he did it. Dr. Fata lived here in a ritzy suburb of detroit. One reason he was so successful was that his practice was so busy. At its peak, he was treating 1,700 patients in six clinics in the de
Stays made up. That is true. But Chuck Grassley, if a poll comes back and hes under 50 in his election, i think thats the one way we could see it. Youre saying we could see them . Theres more chance of hearings than we realize. But its in the hands of what the political standing of Chuck Grassley in the next six weeks. Great panel. Great discussions. Thats all we have for this week. Well be back next week after more primaries, because if its being can be so cruel and to treat patients the way that he did. Real people were harmed, were lied to, were poisoned, just for greed. I had to have a liver transplant. My heart stopped three times. He told me that i was terminal and that i was going to die. Each story is worse than the next one. He had an impressive resume. An impeccable reputation. Cancer doctor out there. I really felt he was doing gods work. But behind the closed doors of these cancer clinics, a secret as deadly as the disease itself. My husband. He has absolutely nothing wrong
Years to expose. It is the most egregious case of fraud ive never seen in my life. And could it have been stopped sooner before so many were hurt . How can somebody miss that red flag . I dont understand it. You would never guess that 54yearold monica flagg had any Serious Health issues. Fair to say you had an active lifestyle. We were very active. A lot of traveling. We had a lot of fun. She loves gardening and spending time on the water with her husband, steve. That is when shes not busy running her Home Health Care business. But eben with her busy life, monica said she always took god care of her health. Take me back to the spring and summer of 2012. You had a doctors appointment, had some blood work done. Tell me about that. Year. Im real faithful to my health. I had ne back to my primary care, and for about three years, she had been watching my blood. An elevated m protein can in rare cases develop into cancer. She said i think you need to see one of the best doctors around and fi