| Ill doctor's undone autopsy reports cause for concern
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Dr. Johnny Glenn, the lone forensic pathologist performing autopsies in one of the poorest parts of Alabama, was slipping. In hundreds and hundreds of cases, he would examine bodies but put aside his notes, never finishing the final reports or filling in the diagrams that are so crucial to death investigations. He was also missing subtle but important clues. At times, he just seemed sad. But because Glenn worked with virtually no supervision, the extent of the backlog - and exactly what he was going through personally - would not become clear until after he abruptly resigned in 2004. Documents show Glenn, 64, is afflicted with dementia, severe depression and other ailments. Now, more than two years after his departure, an untold number of criminal cases have been thrown into jeopardy by Glenn's breakdown, according to interviews with prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Q extradition: CBI crosses first hurdle in Argentina
NEW DELHI: CBI on Friday claimed to have crossed the first hurdle in its effort to bring back elusive Italian businessman and Bofors case accused Ottavio Quattrocchi. It informed the Supreme Court that the Argentine government has found India's request for his extradition to be in order.
"We had made a request for Quattrocchi's extradition. The Argentine foreign affairs ministry and the public prosecutor scrutinised the request and has found it to be in order," additional solicitor-general (asg) Gopal Subramaniam informed a Bench comprising Justices C K Thakker and Tarun Chatterjee.
The request is now before the federal court of first instance at Eldorado, which did the preliminary hearing on March 23, he said, adding, the process for identification of the accused has been completed.
Medical board disciplines four local doctors
The Texas Medical Board has disciplined four Austin-area doctors, including a San Marcos physician whom the board will monitor for three years for performing unwarranted tests, according to a board order. The local doctors were among 34 sanctioned April 13. .
Sheikh Maktoum and Sheikh Ahmed open Medcare Hospital
The 60-bed, multi-discipline Medcare Hospital in Jumeirah was officially inaugurated today by HH Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone, with HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. .
Viking Systems, Inc. Announces Sale of the Viking 3Di Digital ...
SAN DIEGO, April 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Viking Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:VKSY), a designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-performance laparoscopic vision systems for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures, has sold one of the Company's proprietary surgical technology devices, the Viking 3Di Digital Vision System ("Viking 3Di"), to Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), the United States Army's premier medical center on the east coast of the United States. Col. (Dr.) Ernest Lockrow, director of the Telerobotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at Walter Reed, recently used the System's 3-D capabilities to successfully perform a hysterectomy, becoming the military's first surgeon to use the new 3-D minimally invasive surgical technology at WRAMC. .
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