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Archae

(46,842 posts) Sun Mar 12, 2017, 05:24 PM Mar 2017

Guy suing a "naturopath" shoots and kills the quack..

I guess this is how a guy decided to deal with a quack.

Unlicensed Kentucky naturopath allegedly murdered by victim’s husband

Juan Sanchez Gonzales, who operated the Natural Health Center for Integrative Medicine in Bowling Green, Kentucky was found shot to death at his clinic on March 3. The accused shooter, Omer Ahmetovic, had an active lawsuit alleging that Gonzalez had guaranteed he could cure Ahmetovic's wife (Fikreta Ibrisevic) of cancer. Press reports indicate that Ibrisevic was not helped by Gonzalez's treatment, got rapidly worse, and died on February 27. [Highland D. Man accused of killing doctor had sued him over cancer treatments. Bowling Green Daily News, March 10, 2017] Gonzalez's Web site describes him as a naturopathic doctor, iridologist, and master herbalist who is working towards a Ph.D. in integrative medicine. The documents posted on the site include "nutritional counseling," "doctor of naturopathy" and "master herbalist" diplomas from from the Trinity School of Natural Health (a nonaccredited correspondence school); "certification" from the American Naturopathic Medical Certification Board (which is not a recognized certification board); and a "ministerial license" issued to "Juan Gonzalez, Psc.D." by the Pastoral Medical Association (which has no legal standing to issue licenses). The lawsuit, filed by the couple in January, accuses Gonzalez and his clinic of negligence, lack of informed consent, practicing medicine without a license, and fraud related to his credentials.

http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/man-accused-of-killing-doctor-has-active-lawsuit-against-doctor/article_c4c16bc0-339a-5508-9bec-4f9d4ac30931.html

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Guy suing a "naturopath" shoots and kills the quack.. (Original Post) Archae Mar 2017 OP

He's going to have a hard time collecting now. bluedigger Mar 2017 #1

The worst part about all this... Archae Mar 2017 #2

Exactly, those bogus schools and "licensing agencies" Warpy Mar 2017 #5

We need a quack season! Mopar151 Mar 2017 #3

Cue K.Conway Claiming Precognitive Capabilities Verbose Matthias Mar 2017 #4

... but it does no haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarm.... uriel1972 Mar 2017 #6

Iridology. progressoid Mar 2017 #7

bluedigger

(17,153 posts)

1. He's going to have a hard time collecting now.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Mar 12, 2017, 05:36 PM

Mar 2017

Archae

(46,842 posts)

2. The worst part about all this...

Reply to bluedigger (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 12, 2017, 05:45 PM

Mar 2017

This "Pastoral Medical Association" that gives out phony "degrees" while calling themselves "Christians" won't be affected one bit.

And people will die as a result.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)

5. Exactly, those bogus schools and "licensing agencies"

Reply to Archae (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 12, 2017, 11:47 PM

Mar 2017

will continue to turn out quacks and supply them with phony credentials that will impress ignorant and desperate people who are looking for a way to avoid the misery of standard care and/or not go bankrupt in the process.

It would have been far better had the suit gone on and perhaps widened to these charlatans.

Mopar151

(10,185 posts)

3. We need a quack season!

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Mar 12, 2017, 05:45 PM

Mar 2017

There is a chiropractor in NH promising to cure diabetes without medication. And a bunch of other charlatans and shitheels waiting in the wings... What happened to an FDA who actually enforced laws? We've had any number of patent medicine scandals (Enzyte?), and the "science" of Homeopathy is going mainstream. Going after a few of these leeches, and the pill mills, would be a good thing.