After testifying for Chauvin defense, Maryland doc
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Posted On: 04/24/2021 7:31:58 AM
After testifying for Chauvin defense, Maryland doctor's record in question
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/aft...n-question
After testifying on behalf of the defense in the Derek Chauvin trial, the record of a former state medical examiner may soon be under review by Maryland's top attorney.
On the witness stand, Dr. David Fowler said he believes Floyd suffered a “sudden cardiac arrhythmia,” contradicting a number of his colleagues as well as the prosecution, which argued repeatedly that Floyd died due to a lack of oxygen, or asphyxia, caused by Chauvin’s restraint.
In contrast, Fowler — who served as Maryland's chief medical examiner for nearly 20 years — cited Floyd’s heart conditions, stress caused by the restraint, drug use and carbon monoxide from vehicle exhaust as possible contributing factors.
This led to controversy in the medical community, with a group of hundreds of doctors this week writing a letter to Maryland officials saying Fowler's testimony was "baseless, revealed obvious bias, and raised malpractice concerns."
The letter takes particular aim at the carbon monoxide theory, calling it "far outside" the standards of pathology as well as "grounds for an immediate investigation into the practices of the physician as well as the practice of the Maryland State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) while under his leadership."
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/aft...n-question
After testifying on behalf of the defense in the Derek Chauvin trial, the record of a former state medical examiner may soon be under review by Maryland's top attorney.
On the witness stand, Dr. David Fowler said he believes Floyd suffered a “sudden cardiac arrhythmia,” contradicting a number of his colleagues as well as the prosecution, which argued repeatedly that Floyd died due to a lack of oxygen, or asphyxia, caused by Chauvin’s restraint.
In contrast, Fowler — who served as Maryland's chief medical examiner for nearly 20 years — cited Floyd’s heart conditions, stress caused by the restraint, drug use and carbon monoxide from vehicle exhaust as possible contributing factors.
This led to controversy in the medical community, with a group of hundreds of doctors this week writing a letter to Maryland officials saying Fowler's testimony was "baseless, revealed obvious bias, and raised malpractice concerns."
The letter takes particular aim at the carbon monoxide theory, calling it "far outside" the standards of pathology as well as "grounds for an immediate investigation into the practices of the physician as well as the practice of the Maryland State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) while under his leadership."
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