S702: The Pill Mill

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Javier Leiva

Society & Culture, True Crime, Technology

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A doctor caught trading prescriptions for cash leaves a trail of bodies behind. A respected anesthesiologist ran a pain-management clinic on the weekends out of a basement in Flushing Queens, New York. Each Saturday, Dr. Stan Li saw more than seventy patients a day, writing prescriptions for Oxycontin, Xanax, and other opioids. Today's episode features Charlotte Bismuth, author of Bad Medicine. Links Here's a link to the Birth of a Con Man series. Also, subscribe to the new PRETEND YouTube channel for a chance to win a t-shirt. ——- Story idea? If you have a story to share, email Javier at info [at] pretendradio [dot] org. For more episodes like this visit pretendradio.org. To get early releases and bonus episodes go to pretendradio.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Creative Apple.
0:09.0	Hey guys, before we get started, I wanted to tell you about my new YouTube channel. Yes, Pretend is on YouTube.
0:16.0	I'm going to be picking 10 subscribers at random at the end of the month and giving them a free screen-printed shirt with my logo on it.
0:25.0	These pretend t-shirts are awesome.
0:27.4	The link is in the show notes.
0:29.3	You're listening to audio from Duke University Chapel.
0:35.4	Welcome to the 2017 Hippocratic Oath and diploma ceremony.
0:40.4	Family and friends gather as they watch their soon-to-be graduates walk down the aisle.
0:46.3	By the end of the commencement ceremony, the students wearing their cap and gown will formally
0:50.7	become physicians. But before they do, they have to perform the most sacred ritual
0:56.3	in their profession. It's called the Hippocratic Oath. The Hippocratic Oath is one of the oldest
1:02.4	covenants in medicine.
1:04.0	It establishes medical ethics that still guide doctors today.
1:08.1	It was written by the ancient Greeks between the 5th and the 3rd century BC.
1:12.8	Today, these students are reading from a modern version of the oath.
1:16.6	But one of the most important principles
1:18.9	is the line, first, do no harm.
1:21.8	Although that exact phrase is not actually in the Hippocratic Oath, it pretty much
1:26.0	sums it up. When the ceremony ends, the new doctors are reminded that they're now ready
1:31.3	to heal the world.
1:33.0	Their new mission is to reduce pain and suffering for their patients.
1:37.2	While most of these new doctors leave the ceremony and abide by the Hippocratic Oath? Some do not. The oath is technically not a binding document, it's just an understanding between doctors.
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