One of the most senior doctor-professors at the county‘s Martin Luther King Jr. Medical CenterCharles Drew University Medical School has been accused, in a union grievance, of ordering faculty physicians to work, sometimes without pay, in his own private clinic.A top county Department of Health Services official acknowledged the grievance this week, and assured the Weekly that “at this moment,” the questionable activity has been stopped. DHS Assistant Director Donald Thomas added, “We’re still in the process of investigation.” Both county and Drew University officials are handling the investigation, he said.The complainants are being referred to by some county-health insiders as the “Imperial Heights Eight.” The grievance was filed with the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission by Joe Bader, who heads the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), which early this year won the right to represent the county‘s public-health physicians.
Source: Doctor’s Orders | L.A. Weekly