Weill Cornell settles federal probe of claims it allowed sexual abuse to go unchecked
The hospital will add chaperone, reporting and escalation rules and commit $30 million to a new patient-safety institute, prosecutors said.
- On Monday, Weill Cornell Medicine reached a federal agreement to strengthen sexual abuse prevention policies, resolving a criminal investigation into the hospital's failure to stop former urologist Darius Paduch.
- Federal prosecutors revealed that administrators received complaints about Paduch's conduct as early as 2012 but failed to escalate them, allowing abuse of patients as young as 13 until 2019.
- The hospital committed $30 million to create the Institute for Safe Patient Care and Patient Empowerment, adding to over $1 billion in civil settlements previously agreed to pay victims.
- Under the new resolution, WCM must expand chaperone requirements, centralize complaint reporting, and conduct periodic reviews until 2031, while acknowledging previous policies were inadequate.
- U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said the agreement sends a "strong, clear message to all healthcare institutions," as the system faces scrutiny alongside recent abuse convictions for doctors Robert Hadden and Zhi Allen Cheng.
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Top NYC hospital will pay $1B to patients abused by pedophile urologist: docs
A top Manhattan hospital has agreed to pay over $1 billion to hundreds of patients sexually abused by a disgraced pedophile urologist — admitting it failed to stop the sicko doctor, federal officials said this week. The settlement announced by the US Department of Justice Monday formally closes a criminal civil rights probe into Weill...
Weill Cornell Medicine agrees to increase sexual abuse prevention in deal to end criminal investigation - The Boston Globe
The prestigious New York City medical institution agreed to boost its sexual abuse prevention program after one of its star doctors was convicted of abusing patients.
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Weill Cornell Medicine deal to boost sexual abuse prevention ends criminal investigation
A prestigious New York City medical institution has agreed to boost its sexual abuse prevention program after one of its star doctors was convicted of abusing patients during a decade-long span.
Docs: Weill Cornell Medicine to pay more than $1 billion to patients of former LI urologist Darius Paduch, convicted of sexual abuse
The dollar amount was revealed in an official admission that the hospital group knew about Darius Paduch's behavior for years, but continued to allow him to treat young men.
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