There are some very odd aspects to this story which make me believe that the truth is somewhere in the middle. In Arizona, it is the duty of any member of the public to report an incompetent doctor, but I'm not sure if that's the case in Texas (not that the Medical Board here will necessarily investigate, as I found out when I tried to report the IME doctor who "examined" me). The article does not report whether the Medical Board did investigate and what their findings were. The fact that she filed the complaint anonymously does raise questions about her motives.
At any rate, I hope this case is an anomaly and I agree that local small-town politics and connections are being played out in a very ugly fashion.
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