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MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Merced-area doc is nether probe aft being accused of inappropriately touching his patient.
Documents provided by the Medical Board of California amusement that helium denies the allegation, but the diligent (who was not named successful the documents) says that she is "100% certain" it happened.
According to a complaint filed connected March 13 by the board, Dr. Muhammad Shabbir is facing 5 causes for discipline, including intersexual misconduct, gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, nonaccomplishment to cheque the CURES authorities database, and nonaccomplishment to support capable records.
State documents amusement that Shabbir is a licensed doc and surgeon; according to Healthline, helium specializes successful Family Medicine and has 35 years of acquisition with offices successful some Merced and Livingston. The ailment could pb to the suspension oregon nonaccomplishment of Shabbir's aesculapian license, bounds his interaction with patients, and oregon necessitate him to wage costs.
Shabbir has requested a proceeding to support himself against the charges, and arsenic of Thursday, records amusement that the proceeding has not been held.
The ailment states that successful April 2022, Shabbir saw a 37-year-old pistillate for a follow-up sojourn to measure a humor clot. Shabbir said a "chaperone" was not called due to the fact that the diligent did not disrobe.
After examining her thigh, the diligent told Shabbir that she was owed for a PAP smear but was told that she would request to docket a abstracted appointment. She said Shabbir past offered a bosom exam arsenic portion of a "well-woman examination."
In his interrogation with the board, Shabbir denied performing a bosom examination, stating that helium examined her bosom and lungs done her clothing, arsenic she had complained of thorax symptom the nighttime earlier astatine the exigency department. The committee said specified an exam typically requires touching a patient's unclothed thorax oregon back.
After the alleged bosom exam, the pistillate told the committee that Shabbir asked if she inactive had a cyst connected her buttocks and whether helium could cheque it. However, Shabbir denied that helium had asked and said helium would not person examined it if she had not asked him to "because it was lunchtime."
She told the committee that Shabbir past asked her to propulsion down her pants to "right earlier the crack." Shabbir disputed that description, saying helium examined her through her apparel for conscionable a fewer seconds, "because helium already knew determination was thing incorrect aft having examined the cyst successful the past."
She said that during the exam, Shabbir pressed his bare hands into some sides of her hips and "massaged her near buttock." Shabbir stated helium did spot some hands connected either broadside of her for comparison, but helium did not massage her.
The unidentified diligent told investigators that Shabbir’s dependable past changed. She says helium asked, "Is the bump inactive hard erstwhile you crook over?"
She said she did not reply due to the fact that "she could consciousness [Shabbir's] erect penis touching her tailbone area."
She told investigators that Shabbir held himself determination for astir 10 seconds and stated that she was "100% certain" that it was his genitalia touching her and "not his laboratory overgarment oregon thing other successful his pocket." Shabbir said determination was abstraction betwixt him and the diligent portion helium was conducting the examination. The study said, "he gestured to bespeak astir a ft of space."
The diligent besides claimed that Shabbir said, "I truly similar your butt," to which she replied, "You are mode excessively adjacent to me." She said helium past backed distant and said, "I'm sorry."
Shabbir denied the remark but recalled that she had told him that helium was excessively close, to which helium replied, "Excuse me, okay, sorry," and past backed up.
After examining the cyst, Shabbir says helium examined her shoulders she claimed were hurting, and concisely discussed symptom absorption options and the anticipation of an MRI. He recalled it was a abbreviated visit.
Due to the accusations, Shabbir is facing disciplinary enactment for intersexual misconduct, authorities documents show.
Shabbir is besides facing accusations of gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, nonaccomplishment to cheque CURES, and nonaccomplishment to support capable records for failing to adequately measure her bosom lump successful November 2021, failing to adequately code her cough betwixt January and October 2018, failing to execute oregon papers a past of contiguous unwellness successful each 49 notes involving her visits, prescribing Norco without a symptom statement connected file, failing to cheque CURES earlier prescribing, and failing to code her aberrant urine cause tests successful December 2018 and June 2019.
If recovered guilty, Shabbir faces suspension and revocation of his Physician's and Surgeon's Certificate.
YourCentralValley.com has repeatedly attempted to interaction Dr. Shabbir's bureau for comment, but nary effect has been received.
