Middletown Physician Assistant Fined For Patient’s Death: Report

MIDDLETOWN, CT — A Middletown Physician Assistant has been fined $2,500 by the state Medical Examining Board in connection with a patient’s death, according to the Connecticut Health I-Team.

Lisa Backus of the Connecticut Health I-Team reports Cheryl McDonald, a Physician Assistant with ProHealth Physicians – Middlesex Family Physicians, was issued the fine after a patient died from an undiagnosed pulmonary embolism three days after being instructed to “lose weight” in September 2012.

Read more details, and see the other doctors recently disciplined by the state Medical Examining Board, at the Connecticut Health I-Team website here.