Hearing-impaired doctor on probation

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Florida doctor who didn't wear hearing aids during colonoscopy couldn't hear patient yelling, state health officials say

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Ishwari Prasad was placed on probation after Florida health officials said he began performing a colonoscopy without his hearing aids and didn't know the patient was not fully sedated.

He was accused of not immediately stopping the procedure when the patient began yelling during the procedure at a surgery center in Tampa on June 5, 2023 .

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