She wrote prescriptions for people recovering from suicide attempts, seeking care after hospitalizations, or suffering from mental health conditions. But Dr. Robinson wasn’t her real name.
PHOENIX — For nearly a year, Dr. Pamela Robinson saw dozens of patients in her West Valley psychiatric office.
While her criminal case is now over, it continues to highlight the consistent and constant failures of our state, health, and law enforcement officials to identify, track, and stop impostor medical professionals. She saw at least 60 patients over the following year and a half and wrote 327 prescriptions, court records show.
The woman said she was referred to O’Guinn by Banner Del Webb Medical Center after in-patient treatment following a suicide attempt. “I’m afraid to trust any new doctor, new specialist,” the woman victim said during her interview. “I investigate everyone now before I even make the phone call...I never realized I would ever have to do that: be my own private investigators to make sure doctors are really doctors.”But she also attempted to minimize her own wrongdoing.
The real nurse in Maine told the court the “whole ordeal has been traumatic, terrifying, and frustrating.”
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Phoenix woman nearly dies after getting plastic surgery in Mexico, and she's not aloneA woman in Phoenix trusted that she found a reputable plastic surgery clinic in Mexico, but soon learned that she was part of a group of people coming down with a deadly infection. She started seeing patients pass away one by one and hoped she wasn't next.
Read more »
Harriette Cole: She should be happy about the breakup, but she’s drinking and skipping workHow can I keep her from going back to this toxic relationship?
Read more »
Abby Lee Miller Responded To Backlash After She Said She Likes High School Football PlayersSo inappropriate.
Read more »
Impostor doctor opened psychiatric clinic, treated dozens of patientsShe wrote prescriptions for people recovering from suicide attempts, seeking care after hospitalizations, or suffering from mental health conditions. But Dr. Robinson wasn’t her real name.
Read more »
Video shows SPD cop laughing, joking about pedestrian killed by officer hours earlier'She was 26 anyway, she had limited value,' the officer says in the video released Monday.
Read more »
Harriette Cole: I had an idea for a video, and it showed up under her nameShe said she found the concept “somewhere online.”
Read more »