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OVER IN BOSTON at Brighan and Women's Hospital and the Harvard Medical School, a small group of doctors and administrators are quietly perfecting the art of ducking an issue. Two months ago, public fury exploded after the revelation that two BWH doctors, both Med School affiliates, had written glowing professional recommendations for Dr. Arif Hussain, failing to mention his rape conviction handed down only a few weeks earlier. Administrators at both institutions expressed "regret" about the unfortunate incident, but they refused to comment further on the case. Instead of confronting the difficult issues raised, they deferred judgement on both...
...first of these committees has reported in, and its response is far from satisfactory. "It is our conclusion," the BWH-Med School fact-finding committee writes, "that members of the anaesthesia staff received inappropriate legal advice and acted inappropriately in following that advice. Clearly, the result was unfortunate for the individuals and institutions involved, and for the public trust...
...Harvard-affiliated doctors convicted of rape last June have filed appeals with Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) challenging the hospital's recent decision to dismiss them from the staff...
...Monday, the hospital's executive committee met to consider possible action, and the following day Dr. William Hassan Jr., acting president of BWH, released a statement on behalf of the hospital's staff "acknowledging" and "regretting" deficiencies in the process by which letters of reference were written" for Hussain...
Also this week, Tosteson appointed a fact-finding committee to put together an "official description" of the Hussain incident, and the BWH executive committee voted to recommend that Hussain be terminated from the hospital staff. He has been on an unpaid leave-of-absence since his conviction on rape charges last June...