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WINKLER COUNTY QUACK DR. ARAFILES ARRESTED, SHERIFF NEXT

December 28, 2010 lawmed 4 Comments

ARAFILES CHARGED WITH SAME FELONIES AS THE NURSES HE TARGETED

THIS TIME THE CHARGES ARE VALID

Winkler County Texas has come FULL CIRCLE. Dr. Arafiles has been charged and the sheriff and prosecutor should be next.

From the beginning we called shenanigans on the Winkler County Sheriff and prosecutor. On July 21, 2009, Law Med was prophetic:

“I call shenanigans on the Winkler County DA. Assuming that he is not an incompetent boob, and that he actually went to, and graduated from, law school, the only explanation for his abuse of power is collusion with the physician. It is impossible for his office to have adequately investigated the complaint allegations to allow a good faith conclusion that it was an “attempt to harm” the physician. Impossible since the board is charged with that responsibility under Texas law and they have come to no such conclusion. Impossible since the board … (Continued…)

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Here Are The Violations Texas State Found At Winkler Cty. Mem. Hosp.

April 23, 2010 lawmed No comments

We reported yesterday that Winkler County Memorial Hospital had been fined nearly $16,000 by the state of Texas for numerous violations including the wrongful termination of two nurses in retaliation for reporting a physician to the state medical board. We have now obtained the Texas Department of State Health Service notice of deficiencies sent to the hospital, Read it HERE. The hospital and its administrator, among others, are the defendants in a civil suit filed by the two nurses. We have extensive coverage of this case HERE.… (Continued…)

Transcript of the Criminal Trial of Innocent Anne Mitchell Online

April 22, 2010 lawmed 1 Comment

Go HERE or scroll down to read the transcript from the criminal trail of one of the Nurses of Winkler County. You will be flabbergasted when you finally learn the real story. You will also understand why the jury took minutes to render a verdict of not guilty.

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The Unbelievable, But True Story of the Nurses of Winkler County: Part 3

April 21, 2010 lawmed 2 Comments

In Part 2 we left off with Winkler County Sheriff Robert L. Roberts obtaining search warrants four our two heroin’s computers where he found a copy of the anonymous complaint filed with the Texas Medical Board against Dr. Arafiles. The Sheriff continued his pattern of swift and aggressive pursuit of the nurses, scheduling a meeting with them both on May 27, 2009. Roberts was able to learn directly from them that they had indeed composed a letter of complaint against Arafiles and mailed it to the board. Furthermore, Mitchell and Galle detailed their good faith beleive of the specific violations of federal and state laws committed by Winkler County Memorial Hospital in a letter to Sheriff Roberts… (Continued…). The letter further detailed their belief that Roberts, as the County’s chief law enforcement officer, was the appropriate official to report such violations of law to for investigation of health care fraud.

The Winkler County Page

March 06, 2010 lawmed 8 Comments

The Winkler County Nurses

The True Story of the Nurses of Winkler County is so extraordinary, and so outrageous that we here at the Law Med Blog have decided to create a Winkler County page. Here you will find every Law Med Blog entry about the case. Scroll down the page to read our 4 part series on The Unbelievable, But True Story of the Nurses of Winkler County or click HERE for Part 1. You will also find numerous articles on the outcome and the aftermath, which is still ongoing, of the Winkler County corrupted law enforcement establishment. After all, we called shenanigans at the outset back in July of 2009.

Full Circle: Winkler County Atty Tidwell Has License Suspended February 4, 2012 Things have been coming full circle in the extraordinary case of the Winkler County Texas Nurse Whistleblower Case over the past year and that

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The Unbelievable, But True Story of the Nurses of Winkler County: Part 2

March 04, 2010 lawmed 3 Comments

The Quack, His Buddy the Sheriff and the Crooked Arm of the Law.

As I mentioned in Part 1, Anne Mitchell and Vicki Galle held important positions in hospital administration at the Winkler County Memorial Hospital. Mitchell was responsible for the credentialing of all physicians, including completion of medicare and medicaid applications, and review of all patients transfers and patient quality issues including billing audits. She received and reviewed annual reports from all hospital departments to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies. Galle made sure patient’s met criteria for admission and followed them during their stay reviewing their charts to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations. She was also in charge of monitoring and improving patient safety and quality of care and coordinating medical staff meetings. It was during the responsible and routine completion of their duties that the two became concerned over the practice of Dr. Arafiles.

Dr. Arafiles … (Continued…)

Shenanigans Indeed! Texas Nurses Victims of Sheriff’s Misconduct!

August 26, 2009 lawmed No comments

Back in July I called Shenanigans in the case of Texas nurses Anne Mitchell and Vicki Galle, charged by county sheriff Robert Roberts with felonies for reporting Dr. Arafiles to the state medical board. The charges are based on a Texas law criminalizing the use of state property to harass another. Boy, was I right!

At a recent hearing on the matter, Winkler Co. Sheriff Robert Roberts was questioned by the defense and prosecution. During questioning Roberts revealed that he is a patient of Dr. Arafiles and has used the herbal supplements Dr. Arafiles sells to patients. Roberts said his kids also see Dr. Arafiles and that he sold/distributed some of the herbal supplements in the past.

Texas Nurses Association General Counsel, Jim Willmann, called the prosecution of Anne Mitchell and Vicki Galle “appalling”. It appears that Dr. Arafiles, in response to receiving notice that a complaint had been fileed … (Continued…)

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