Brian Lera on WNYC, and we're going to turn now to the topic, and forgive me for just a second,

because on this place my notes on this.

Now I have them.

We're going to talk about an investigation from the news organization, the city, that reveals

how doctors with alarming records of misconduct and malpractice are being hired to care for

incarcerated people in New York State prisons.

We were just talking about Dr. Murthy, to Dr. Murthy, about all kinds of public health.

Well, here's a really dark side.

Reporters, Ruvind Blow and Max Rivera uncovered cases like that of a doctor

who was banned from working in hospital emergency rooms across New York State,

only later to find work in the prison system and be promoted into a leadership position

heading medical operations in two of the department's five statewide regions.

The investigation from the city also reveals some of the troubling misconduct for which some physicians

faced board sanctions while they were employed by the state prison system, like the case of one

doctor who drained the wrong side of a patient's chest during a medical procedure and then

altered the records to cover it up. These findings raise urgent questions. Why are doctors with such serious red

flags being hired, what harm has resulted from their care, and what is this say about oversight

and accountability in prison health care? Rubin Blow, senior reporter at the city, and Max Rivera,

who contributed to the reporting and who's now with

Bloomberg News, join me now.

Ruvain and Max, welcome to WNIC today.

Hi.

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