Rheumatism scam

Mission doctor convicted of misdiagnosing thousands of patients seeking to have sentence vacated

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KRGVJose De Leon III

‘There’s no closure:’ Victim of Mission doctor convicted of misdiagnosing thousands of patients dealing with multiple health issues

KRGVKaren Lucero

Jorge Zamora-Quezada filed the motion to vacate his sentence on July 1, days after he was released from federal custody after serving a year of his 10-year sentence. ¶In his motion to have the sentence vacated, Zamora-Quezada claims newly discovered medical evidence proves that prosecutors’ claim that he misdiagnosed several patients was “medically inaccurate.” ¶“The government relied on outdated diagnostic criteria and misrepresented modern rheumatology,” the filing states, adding that modern diagnostic criteria proved that patients met the criteria to be diagnosed with rheumatism and other related autoimmune diseases. ¶The filing also mentioned that the Texas Medical Board had cleared Zamora-Quezada after reviewing his charts and “found no basis for further action.”

I would conjecture there are indeed a fair number of older people with stiff achy joints in that area.

It does not seem healthy. Words like “rheumatology” and “rheumatism” simply smack of old-fashioned quack medicine no matter what.

Even “rheumatoid arthritis” — which would be a much less criminal diagnosis than flat-out “rheumatism” — is merely a colloquial and very vague and non-specific medical term for certain patterns of symptoms of what we commonly call “arthritis” or sore, achy, stiff joints that sometimes become swollen or misshapen. The differential diagnosis of related “rheumatic” and/or “arthritic” and/or “autoimmune” conditions is notoriously difficult, in a legal sense, not merely medically.

Furthermore the vague and non-specific treatments and regimens of steroid medications offered often do not include adequate exercise and water intake, (to prevent “gouty arthritis.”)

The Hippocratic Oath suggests that a healthful nutritious diet of natural or normal foods should be prescribed for most cases in preference to artificially compounded chemicals and patent drugs.

We're at a law office, no longer a medical office. This is where we are officially dumb and we cannot and we do not even try to get smart with anything in court (outside the field of law itself) beyond a 12-average-citizen level.