Doc tells pro-Obamacare patients go ‘elsewhere’

Doctors have spoken for and against Obamacare, but a physician in Mt. Dora (Florida) has gone a step further. The Orlando Sentinel said, “A doctor who considers the national health-care overhaul to be bad medicine for the country posted a sign on his office door telling patients who voted for President Barack Obama to seek care 'elsewhere.'"

The Sentinel did point out that Dr. Jack Cassell would not turn a patient away, however.

Cassell, who opposes the Democrat-passed healthcare bill, printed out the Obamacare timeline posted on the House of Representatives Ways and Means website and handed it out. The timeline explains when and how Obamacare changes in HR 4878 and HR 3590 will affect you.

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Convict gets new hearing after judge agrees with remarks in confession

Commentary by Kay B. Day

Irfan Nawaz worked as a doctor at St. Luke's Hospital and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. Nawaz was convicted of soliciting a child via computer and traveling to meet a minor to engage in sexual acts. [Photo from Florida Dept. of Corrections]Courts are not known for their wisdom, and the case of Irfan Nawaz is a perfect example. Nawaz practiced as a board-certified internal medicine doctor at St. Luke’s Hospital and the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville.

Nawaz was convicted of soliciting a child via computer and traveling to meet a minor to engage in sexual acts. The Florida Times Union said prosecutors played a tape of Nawaz’s confession during the sentencing phase of the trial. Nawaz made remarks during his confession that suggested his contempt for American women—“[I] was laughing at how stupid girls are in this country, and I thanked God I did not marry someone from this country.”

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Pakistani doctor practicing in Jacksonville sought sex with teen girls

Updated on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 11:03AM by Kay B. Day, Editor

The arrest of a doctor from Pakistan who practiced at a prestigious facility in Jacksonville raises questions about the vetting process for doctors from some other countries.

Pakistan flag from CIA Factbook.(Jacksonville, Fla.)—When Dr. Irfan Nawaz, 32, was arrested in Minnesota, he had traveled to St. Cloud to meet a girl he believed was 15 years old. He planned to have sex with her. Nawaz admitted he’d chatted with girls online, and he told the judge during the trial in February that American girls were promiscuous and stupid. The Florida Times Union reported remarks from his confession to officials: " ‘The only thing that I was thinking was I was laughing at how stupid girls are in this country, and I thanked God I did not marry someone from this country,’ Nawaz, a native of Pakistan, says on one recording. He told Circuit Judge John Merrett on Friday he was sorry but said those things because they were true.” Nawaz was a board certified internal medicine doctor practicing at Mayo Clinic.

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