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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"David Dao, the Elizabethtown doctor who was yanked off an overbooked United Airlines flight Sunday, has had a troubled history in Kentucky.

Dao, who went to medical school in Vietnam in the 1970s before moving to the U.S., was working as a pulmonologist in Elizabethtown when he was arrested in 2003 and eventually convicted of drug-related offenses after an undercover investigation, according to documents filed with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure last June. The documents allege that he was involved in fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances and was sexually involved with a patient who used to work for his practice and assisted police in building a case against him.

Dao was convicted of multiple felony counts of obtaining drugs by fraud or deceit in November 2004 and was placed on five years of supervised probation in January 2005. He surrendered his medical license the next month."

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/04/11/david-dao-passenger-removed-united-flight-doctor-troubled-past/100318320/[/quote]

I don't care about this guy's background. If he is lying about being a doctor and having patients to see, that's pretty low, but it doesn't change the principle of the issue at hand.[/quote]

He regained his medical license (with restrictions) in 2014 and returned to medical practice in 2015. In 2011 he was evaluated, with the following recommendations:

1) He attend a residential program to address his character deficits.

2) He completes a polygraph without evidence of deception.

3) He completes a professional boundaries course.

4) He submits to random urine and polygraph examinations.

5) A highly structured practice plan with a restricted DEA license is set up if/when he is able to return to medical practice.

He also has a past history of depression, anxiety and trauma - which may have played into his reaction and response on the plane.[/quote]

So, what is your point? Rather than drag him out they should've knocked him out cold? [/quote]

No, my reply was to someone wondering if he actually had a medical license and patients to see or if that was a lie. My point was he had gone through the process and retruned to practice and had some health issues that may have contributed to why he ran back on the plane in a panic and saying I need to go home and kill me.

His past really has nothing to do with the event, other than it seems he was telling the truth. It doesn't matter if it was a doctor or unemployed person. The incident on the airline is separate. [/quote]

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