Brickbat: Bad Medicine

A doctor at the University of Florida Health-Leesburg Hospital has been charged* with three counts of battery after nurses and an emergency room technician said he repeatedly struck a patient. Witnesses said Dr. Onyekachi Nwabuko accused a woman, who was semi-conscious, of faking her condition and struck her on her face several times with her own hand before a nurse stopped him.

*UPDATE: In July 2022, prosecutors dismissed the case against Nwabuko, citing insufficient evidence and "victim/witness issues," and the case was expunged.