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License Permanently Stripped From NJ Doc Who Let 20-Year-Old ER Patient Die License Permanently Stripped From NJ Doc Who Let 20-Year-Old ER Patient Die
License Permanently Stripped From NJ Doc Who Let 20-Year-Old ER Patient Die UPDATE: An ER doctor had her medical license permanently revoked by the state of New Jersey for allowing a 20-year-old patient to die on her watch and then trying to cover it up, authorities said. Shar Kennett, 66, of Wayne was on duty in the emergency room at Overlook Medical Center in Summit when the patient was brought in with urgent "respiratory distress" on June 29, 2017, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Kennett failed to examine him and didn't order any diagnostics, "despite his parents' urgent requests for assistance," Platkin said on Thursday, April 18. The patient died in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Longtime Med School Employee From Newark Sentenced For Theft Longtime Med School Employee From Newark Sentenced For Theft
Longtime Med School Employee From Newark Sentenced For Theft A Newark woman who worked for decades as an administrative assistant at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the school, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.  Sondra Bell, 55, stole about $87,000 between January 2017 and April of last year, when the theft was discovered.  Bell was asked to order plane tickets for her boss to attend a medical conference, but there were insufficient funds. When Bell asked the doctor to pay out of pocket for the tickets, he refused. Authorities were aler…

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by Paul Milo