Doctor faces trial over misdiagnosing epilepsy
Companies, agencies, institutions, etc
Oakwood Healthcare
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Beaumont Health
People
Mariah Martinez
Laura Abdel-Slater
Yasser Awaad
EEG
Brian McKeen
Mark Geary
Robert Colombo Jr.
Ed White
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Locations
Detroit
Martinez
Dearborn
U.S.
Oakwood
Saudi Arabia
Beaumont
Wayne County
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Summary
Mariah Martinez was 9 years old when she got bad news about her chronic headaches: A doctor said she had epilepsy. Awaad ordered tests on hundreds of Detroit-area children and intentionally misread the results, telling them they had epilepsy or some other seizure disorder, say lawyers for Martinez. She was given Lamictal, an anti-seizure medicine, and Awaad performed many follow-up EEGs until another doctor said she didn't have epilepsy.
As said here by The Associated Press