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11-07-2011, 08:00 AM
Winkler Nurse Whistleblower Target Dr. Arafiles Surrenders License
Kermit, TX -With a hearing scheduled for Monday in a local criminal courtroom where Dr. Rolando Arafiles is expected to enter a guilty plea in an agreement with prosecutors, it appears he has complied with what is likely one of the stipulations of his deal. On Friday, Arafiles signed an agreement with the Texas Medical Board to surrender his license to practice medicine according to the Associated Press. No pending investigation by the Board or other events that we are aware of brought this about.*
*Arafiles has been charged with two counts of felony misuse of official information and retaliation against two former Winkler County Memorial Hospital nurses who anonymously reported him to the state medical board for shoddy patient care. When Arafiles learned of the complaint he enlisted the help of then county sheriff Robert Roberts, who was his friend, patient and sometimes business partner. Roberts… (Continued...) (http://lawmedconsultant.com/2669/winkler-nurse-whistleblower-target-dr.-arafiles-surrenders-license/)
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Kermit, TX -With a hearing scheduled for Monday in a local criminal courtroom where Dr. Rolando Arafiles is expected to enter a guilty plea in an agreement with prosecutors, it appears he has complied with what is likely one of the stipulations of his deal. On Friday, Arafiles signed an agreement with the Texas Medical Board to surrender his license to practice medicine according to the Associated Press. No pending investigation by the Board or other events that we are aware of brought this about.*
*Arafiles has been charged with two counts of felony misuse of official information and retaliation against two former Winkler County Memorial Hospital nurses who anonymously reported him to the state medical board for shoddy patient care. When Arafiles learned of the complaint he enlisted the help of then county sheriff Robert Roberts, who was his friend, patient and sometimes business partner. Roberts… (Continued...) (http://lawmedconsultant.com/2669/winkler-nurse-whistleblower-target-dr.-arafiles-surrenders-license/)
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