On November 17, 2004, the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board reviewed the application for medical licensure submitted by abortionist Vinod K. Goyal.
In their findings The Wisconsin Board noted that in 1992 and 1993, the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (IDPR) received four complaints from insurance carriers alleging that Goyal’s clinics had provided inaccurate information regarding charges for services.
Goyal entered into a stipulation for settlement with the IDPR to resolve the complaints. As a part of the settlement, Goyal agreed to revise his office intake forms to avoid future problems with inaccurate fee quotes, to desist in efforts to collect unpaid fees in connection with the inaccurate fee quotes, and to pay a monetary fine of $4,000.00. In addition, the IDPR placed Goyal’s medical license on a two-year probationary period.
In 1996, Goyal agreed to a reprimand by the IDPR in connection with possible misleading statement made by him during a proceeding involving a Certificate of Need application for relocation of his medical office. Goyal wanted to open an abortion clinic in Arlington Heights and told the Illinois Health Facilities Board he needed to move the clinic from Des Plaines to Arlington Heights because of “abhorrent conditions. ”
Dennis Tobin, Goyal’s attorney told the Chicago Daily Herald, (Doctor fined for exaggerating poor conditions at his clinic 11/13/97), Goyal was dissatisfied with how much money he was shelling out to fix problems at the building, which they claim the landlord would not take care of. Goyal lied when he told the Illinois Health Facilities Board that the building was full of rodents and dirty rooms, placing his abortion patients in jeopardy. The lie was a scam for profit reasons alone.
Illinois Health Facilities Board member Richard Wright recalls Goyal showing pictures of flood damage at the hearing.”I recall thinking, ‘If it is so bad, why are you still practicing there?’ ” Wright said. That is why board members decided to send a transcript of Goyal’s statements to the regulation board who visited the site for themselves.
Spokeswoman Maureen Squires said the inspectors did not find rodents or dirty rooms as Goyal had described. They found no patients to be in jeopardy. Although he was fined, it does not mean he can not practice medicine, she said. “It is a black mark on his record and any employer or patient can check it,” she said. “It will remain as a permanent mark.”
In a signed consent order, Goyal admitted the statements he made about the physical condition of the Des Plaines facility were misleading. Goyal was assessed a $2,000.00 fine in connection with the disciplinary action against his license.
Beginning in 1978 and through 1996, a report provided by the IDPR indicates nine malpractice claims had been filed against Goyal. The majority of the suits were settled out of court by the insurance carrier. Goyal was dismissed as a party in at least three of the malpractice actions because he was not directly involved in the patient care.
Source: Life Dynamics
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