'Octomom' doctor apologizes in hearing
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October 23, 2010, Saturday
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THE fertility doctor for "Octomom" Nadya Suleman has tearfully apologized for implanting a dozen embryos and putting her health at risk, saying he did so only because she was insistent and he felt legally bound to follow her orders even though they ran counter to accepted medical practice.
Dr Michael Kamrava, testifying at a US state medical licensing hearing on Thursday to determine if he can continue practicing medicine in California, said Suleman then disappeared and he only learned of the octuplets after they were born.
"I'm sorry for what happened. When I look back, I wish I had never done it," said Kamrava. "It's a very risky, unhealthy pregnancy. She's lucky she made it through."
The Beverly Hills fertility doctor said he felt legally bound to go ahead with the 12-embryo transfer - six times the norm for a woman her age - because Suleman wouldn't consent to any other option. "She did not want them frozen, she did not want them transferred to another patient in the future," he said.
As months passed from their last meeting, Kamrava said he was apprehensive because he couldn't reach Suleman.
He didn't hear from her again until after she delivered octuplets in January 2009, according to his testimony.
The California Medical Board alleges Kamrava was negligent in the treatment of Suleman and two other patients, and it is seeking to revoke or suspend his license.
Kamrava is accused of implanting seven embryos in the 48-year-old patient, resulting in quadruplets, but one fetus died before birth. An expert called that number of embryos "an extreme departure" from standards of care.
Dr Michael Kamrava, testifying at a US state medical licensing hearing on Thursday to determine if he can continue practicing medicine in California, said Suleman then disappeared and he only learned of the octuplets after they were born.
"I'm sorry for what happened. When I look back, I wish I had never done it," said Kamrava. "It's a very risky, unhealthy pregnancy. She's lucky she made it through."
The Beverly Hills fertility doctor said he felt legally bound to go ahead with the 12-embryo transfer - six times the norm for a woman her age - because Suleman wouldn't consent to any other option. "She did not want them frozen, she did not want them transferred to another patient in the future," he said.
As months passed from their last meeting, Kamrava said he was apprehensive because he couldn't reach Suleman.
He didn't hear from her again until after she delivered octuplets in January 2009, according to his testimony.
The California Medical Board alleges Kamrava was negligent in the treatment of Suleman and two other patients, and it is seeking to revoke or suspend his license.
Kamrava is accused of implanting seven embryos in the 48-year-old patient, resulting in quadruplets, but one fetus died before birth. An expert called that number of embryos "an extreme departure" from standards of care.
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