Dr. Marisa Viegas Struck from Medical Register
Marisa Viegas, who has practiced “alternative medicine” in London for more than ten years has been disciplined by the British Medical Council. In 2007, the Council’s Fitness to Practice Panel concluded that Viegas had improperly advised a women to stop prescribed medication and that the woman had died as a result. The panel’s report stated: Viegas was the patient’s general practitioner from 1995 to 2002 and had continued to advise her by e-mail. In 2004, Viegas advised that the woman stop all medications. Shortly afterward, she was hospitalized, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, and had drugs prescribed to increase her heart efficiency. Despite being informed of the diagnosis, Viegas urged her to discontinue the prescribed drugs and use homeopathic remedies. The patient stopped the prescribed drugs, …
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Marisa Viegas, who has practiced “alternative medicine” in London for more than ten years has been disciplined by the British Medical Council. In 2007, the Council’s Fitness to Practice Panel concluded that Viegas had improperly advised a women to stop prescribed medication and that the woman had died as a result. The panel’s report (shown below) states: Viegas was the patient’s general practitioner from 1995 to 2002 and had continued to advise her by e-mail. In 2004, Viegas advised that the woman stop all medications. Shortly afterward, she was hospitalized, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, and had drugs prescribed to increase her heart efficiency. Despite being informed of the diagnosis, Viegas urged her to discontinue the prescribed drugs and use homeopathic remedies. The patient stopped the …
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