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New Jersey gay man Joao Simoes is suing his hospital after an on-staff doctor refused him his HIV medications. Dr. Susan Borga* allegedly later told his private physician what the patient had done to become infected was "against God's will."

When the hospital finally permitted Simoes to call his personal physician on the third day of his stay, he learned that the doctor had already spoken with Borga about Simoes' medication, according to the complaint. Borga allegedly responded: "You must be gay, too, if you're his doctor." "Additionally, apparently realizing that plaintiff's doctor had an accent, Dr. Borga exclaimed, 'What, do you need a translator?' to which plaintiff's doctor had again responded that Dr. Borga needed to give plaintiff his HIV medication," the complaint states. "Dr. Borga responded to plaintiff's doctor by stating, 'This is what he gets for going against God's will,' and hung up the phone on plaintiff's doctor."

The hospital also initially refused to allow the patient's sister to visit him. She was finally permitted to bring him his medications after he'd missed five doses. Missing doses of HIV medication can cause the patient to become resistant to the drugs.

Dr. Susan Borga, Joe.My.God 95 Comments [6/6/2012 3:50:33 AM]
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#1410375
emau99

Sweet fucking Jesus. I'm not going to make any witty comments, because this is just not fucking funny. I hope like hell that he wins the lawsuit.

6/6/2012 3:54:38 AM

#1410378
Mudak

Isn't all medicine going against god's will? He's the one who sent down plagues to kill everyone...

6/6/2012 3:59:38 AM

#1410383
Le Proon

Must have found her doctor's degree at the bottom of a cereal box.

6/6/2012 4:20:51 AM

#1410394
Leighton Buzzard

Hippocrates, who's that? Never mind suing or disbarring her, charge her with attempted manslaughter.

6/6/2012 4:32:52 AM

#1410396
Brendan Rizzo

This is what I mean; they are actively trying to kill those they dislike. Only in America could anyone get away with this, because Americans value private property more than human rights.

But like I said earlier, in a few decades the fundies will have outbred the rest of us, thus putting them in the majority. The quest for equality and reason was doomed before it began, ironically thanks to natural selection: fundie reactionaries have more children than others, so over time the percentage of indoctrinated children (and nine times out of ten, they don't break free of it) increases until they can overwhelm us through sheer numbers. And since the US has the worst education system in the world, there is nothing we can do about it. Nothing can stop America from becoming another Iran, sadly.

6/6/2012 4:34:54 AM

#1410398
Filin De Blanc

Leighton Buzzard: I don't think there is such a thing as attempted manslaughter.

6/6/2012 4:36:59 AM

#1410404
The_L

There is so much wrong with this entire scenario.

Poor guy. Hope he wins the lawsuit. :(

6/6/2012 4:42:48 AM

#1410405
CanadianBroad

Okay - this guy seriously needs to also lodge a formal complaint with the AMA about this lunatic. She should NOT be a doctor. She is suffering a mental impairment that makes her unfit to practise medicine.

I hope the guy wins millions.

6/6/2012 4:43:53 AM

#1410410
Reynardine

Congratulations, Dr. Borga. You have been selected to head our new T-4 program.

(Note to Leighton: you can charge her with attempted murder, but not attempted manslaughter, because manslaughter does not involve the elements of premeditation or malice aforethought)

6/6/2012 4:45:41 AM

#1410413
Darwin

Borga should be stripped of her medical license and never again be allowed to do so much as hand out a Band-Aid.

6/6/2012 4:47:27 AM

#1410420


Now there's a doctor who should immediately have his license revoked.

6/6/2012 4:53:05 AM

#1410424
Adey

Doesn't the US have something called reckless endangerment? Can't she be arrested on that charge?

Or have I been watching too much Law & Order?

6/6/2012 4:56:54 AM

#1410426
Mister Spak

This hospital should be sued for letting a witch doctor impersonate a real doctor.

6/6/2012 4:58:15 AM

#1410443
Justanotherstheist

This Borga wingnut should be stripped of her doctor's degree and thrown in jail.

6/6/2012 5:28:23 AM

#1410445
rebel

Assuming this lady claims to be Christian, you ma'am, are not only a despicable human being, an embarrassment to humanity but Jesus is appalled at your behavior. Kindly find another job and ensure your genes do not reproduce.

6/6/2012 5:35:13 AM

#1410447
ChakatBlackstar

My question is how did the quake doctor even know the man in question was gay? As a doctor she should know perfectly well that there are ways to get HIV other then gay sex.

6/6/2012 5:39:00 AM

#1410448
Reynardine

Adey: the USA has fifty jurisdictions. Some of them would term this "reckless endangerment"; some, "attempted murder by omission"; some would simply call it "criminal negligence", though the elements of premeditation and malice aforethought would seem to mandate it be charged higher. There are clear indications of discrimination on the basis of orientation and possibly religion, as well, perhaps sufficient to invoke federal jurisdiction. Clearly the hospital was complicit in trying to kill this man. All sorts of causes of action, civil and criminal, suggest themselves, and they'd better be followed up on, before our hospitals become T-4 wards dedicated to terminating "lives not worth living".

6/6/2012 5:46:19 AM

#1410450
Reynardine

ChakatBlackstar: She asked him, and he told her the truth. A doctor asking such questions is presumed to be doing so to help find a cure, not pass a death sentence by withholding one. She is a gross betrayer of a patient's trust.

6/6/2012 5:49:43 AM

#1410455
Veras_the_Brujah

My jaw just dropped so hard that I had to duct tape it back into place.

6/6/2012 5:57:06 AM

#1410459
Adey

Thanks Reynardine, That explains it!
Coming from a small collection of islands over the pond it is difficult to grasp the nature of US law.

6/6/2012 6:02:34 AM

#1410463
Dr. Razark

And this is the sort of thing to point out when someone asks "What's the harm in religion?".


6/6/2012 6:09:16 AM

#1410469
Doubting Thomas

I guess the Hippocratic oath doesn't matter to Jesus junkies? What about all that stuff Jesus said about healing the sick? I don't remember anything Jesus said in the bible ending with "...unless they're gay."

6/6/2012 6:22:48 AM

#1410477
Nowonmai

Bitch, I hope the only thing you get to practice is scales on a piano from now on.

6/6/2012 6:32:41 AM

#1410480
Eki

spelling mistake.... Dr. Susan Valdes Borja of Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J. is the scum that needs to be fully barred from practicing medicine

6/6/2012 6:36:14 AM

#1410482
Berny

This woman should lose her license to practice medecine. Period.

6/6/2012 6:37:25 AM
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