Riaan Umqondisi wezokwelapha eMaryland State Police wesulile esikhundleni ngesonto eledlule ngemuva kokuthi ibhodi lombuso lithwese icala lokuthi ubandakanyeka emtholampilo ongenazo izincwadi zokungasebenzi kwe-erectile dysfunction osolwa ngokudala okungenani ukulimala kwepipi elilodwa.
UDkt. Donald William Alves wehla esikhundleni ngoMashi 3 ngaphambi kokuthi avele phambi kwekomiti lokuqondisa izigwegwe, okungase kuholele ekutheni aphucwe ilayisense yakhe yokwelashwa, kubika i-Baltimore Sun. I-Maryland Board of Physicians ubekwe icala u-Alves ngoDisemba ngokuziphatha okungafanele kanye nokwenza imithi nomuntu ongagunyaziwe emtholampilo okhungethwe izinsolo zomkhonyovu.
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I-Guy’s Clinic yakhangisa ngokuthi odokotela bayo bazohlinzeka ngohlelo lokwelashwa “oluzovusa ngokuphephile impilo yakho yocansi ngokuvakasha okukodwa,” ngokusho kwemibhalo yokushaja.
U-Alves utshele abaphenyi bombuso ukuthi umtholampilo “ugcwalisa ukunwaya phakathi kwephilisi elincane eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, lapho ama-ejenti aphuzwayo engasebenzi, kanye nakubantu abangakakulungeli ukuhlinzwa. Ngakho ubahlinzeka ngomjovo.”
I-Guy’s Clinic e-Baltimore County, eMaryland, yaqala ukuqasha u-Alves ngo-2016, imkhokhela u-$250 ngesonto ukuze aqondise umsizi kadokotela, ngokweBhodi Lodokotela. U-Alves ekuqaleni watshela abaphenyi ukuthi wayengazi ukuthi umtholampilo umethule njengomqondisi wawo wezokwelapha kodwa kamuva wavuma ukuthi izibopho zebhizinisi ezigciniwe enhlanganweni.
Ukwelashwa kokuhlinzwa kokungasebenzi kahle kwe-erectile nge-penile prosthesis kuboniswe esibhedlela sase-France saseLyon. (Iqembu le-BSIP/Universal Images nge-Getty Images)
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Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sokuthumela, umsizi kadokotela wanikeza amaklayenti imijovo ngaphandle kwemvume evela ku-Alves noma imvume yeBhodi Lodokotela, ngokwamadokhumenti okushaja.
Umnikazi womtholampilo, ongenazo ilayisensi yokusebenza kwezokwelapha, ubhale “izinkombandlela” zomtholampilo, ngokusho kwebhodi. Lokhu kuhlanganisa nomyalelo wokuthi “sonke isiguli” sithola imijovo yobudoda ehlanganisa “okungagunyaziwe kakhulu yi-FDA” izidakamizwa ezinwebekayo imithambo yegazi futhi “kubangele iziguli ukuthi zithole ukumiswa ngokushesha.”
Ihhovisi laseMaryland of Controlled Substances Administration livakashele lo mtholampilo ngo-2021 lathola ukuthi abasebenzi ukungasebenzi kahle kwe-erectile imithi enikezwa ngudokotela ngaphandle kwemvume, okuhlanganisa imithamo yomjovo ephakeme kunaleyo enconyiwe, iBhodi Lodokotela likhokhise.
Umtholampilo wokuntula amandla wamadoda uvezwe e-Australia ngoMeyi 1997. (Isithombe se-AGE sika-MICHAEL RAYNER Fairfax Media nge-Getty Images)
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Esinye isiguli satshela iMaryland Board of Physicians ngo-2020 ukuthi walaliswa esibhedlela ngokumiswa okuthatha izinsuku ezinhlanu kulandela ukujova emtholampilo, ngokwamaphepha okushaja. Isiguli sengeze ngokuthi uchwepheshe wezokwelapha wasitshela ukuthi “cishe uzodinga i-penile prosthesis ngenxa yokukhula kwe-fibrosis” ngesikhathi sokumiswa okuqhubekayo.
I-Maryland Board of Physicians ithole izikhalazo ezintathu ngomtholampilo phakathi kukaSepthemba 2020 noJanuwari 2021, kubhala iBhodi Lodokotela. Omunye uthe iziguli ezivakashele umtholampilo azibonwa odokotela, kanti omunye uthe inkampani yabo yomshwalense ichaze ibhizinisi “njengenhlangano yomkhonyovu.”
I-Securities and Exchange Commission ngo-2018 ichaze umnikazi weGuy’s Clinic u-Mark Thomas Johnson “njengomephula umthetho ophindelelayo womthetho wezibambiso zikahulumeni,” the Kubikiwe i-Baltimore Banner. UJohnson walahlwa yicala lokukhwabanisa kwezokuphepha kanye netulo lokukhwabanisa ngo-2010 futhi wabhekana nezinyathelo ezengeziwe ze-SEC ngo-2018 ngezinsolo zokuhlela uhlelo olukhwabanise u-$5 million kubatshalizimali ababalelwa ku-50.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa aseMaryland State ukuqinisekisile ukwesula kuka-Alves kuFox News kodwa wenqabile ukuphawula ngoba lolu daba “lusingethwe yiMaryland Board of Physicians mayelana nomsebenzi wakhe wesibili.”
