A Texas sheriff has been sentenced to 400 days in jail and four years of probation after he was convicted in a retaliation case involving two nurses and a physician at Winkler County Memorial Hospital in Kermit, Texas, according to a KWTX news report.
According to an earlier news report, the Texas Medical Board informed Rolando Arafiles, MD, of an anonymous complaint filed by two nurses. In the complaint, the nurses accused Dr. Arafiles of using herbal remedies and utilizing hospital supplies to perform procedures at his home. Dr. Arafiles consequently asked the Winkler County sheriff, Robert Roberts, Jr., to investigate who filed the complaint.
Mr. Roberts, who is a friend of Dr. Arafiles, had the Sheriff's Department obtain a copy of the confidential complaint, which allowed him to identify the nurses. Prosecutors added Mr. Roberts obtained a search warrant to gain access to the nurses' personal computers to confirm they had penned the complaint, according to the news report.
Read the news report about Mr. Robert Roberts.
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According to an earlier news report, the Texas Medical Board informed Rolando Arafiles, MD, of an anonymous complaint filed by two nurses. In the complaint, the nurses accused Dr. Arafiles of using herbal remedies and utilizing hospital supplies to perform procedures at his home. Dr. Arafiles consequently asked the Winkler County sheriff, Robert Roberts, Jr., to investigate who filed the complaint.
Mr. Roberts, who is a friend of Dr. Arafiles, had the Sheriff's Department obtain a copy of the confidential complaint, which allowed him to identify the nurses. Prosecutors added Mr. Roberts obtained a search warrant to gain access to the nurses' personal computers to confirm they had penned the complaint, according to the news report.
Read the news report about Mr. Robert Roberts.
Related Articles on the Complaint Against Dr. Rolando Arafiles:
Texas Hospital Administrator Pleads Guilty to Abuse of Official Capacity in Nurse Whistleblower Case
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Nurse Who Blew Whistle on Doctor Stands Trial