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Dr. Rao's Contract Terminated

Dr. Rao Meets with Peter Rogan

Dr. Cubria

Multiple Edgewater Hospital doctors secretly recorded conversations for the FBI. This provided the feds with the gory details on how the hospital lured in patients...including offering cash and cigarettes. Most alarming were the invasive tests and procedures doctors performed on these patients...whether they needed them or not.

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This episode was written and produced by: Todd Ganz

Multiple Edgewater Hospital doctors secretly recorded conversations for the FBI. This provided the feds with the gory details on how the hospital lured in patients...including offering cash and cigarettes. Most alarming were the invasive tests and procedures doctors performed on these patients...whether they needed them or not.
Watch the cringeworthy TV news clip of Dr. Monty McClellan on the episode page of our website: <a href="https://ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast.com/episodes/episode-3-bad-apples/">IftheWallsCouldTalkPodcast.com</a>
Hear bonus content, additional stories, interviews and behind-the-scenes content by supporting us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/join/ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast">Patreon</a>.
Find additional photos and articles on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ifthewallscouldtalkpodcast/">Instagram</a> and our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ifthewalls">Facebook Group</a>.
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This episode was written and produced by: Todd Ganz

A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to admit patients. During the '90s and 2000s, Edgewater Hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary heart surgeries on patients just to pad its bottom line. Multiple patients died. Hear what lengths the government went in order to stop the fraud and why many believe the owner got away with it. Former employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital.

A struggling Chicago hospital did just about anything to admit patients. During the '90s and 2000s, Edgewater Hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary heart surgeries on patients just to pad its bottom line. Multiple patients died. Hear what lengths the government went in order to stop the fraud and why many believe the owner got away with it. Former employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital.

What happens when a group of bad apples take over a Chicago hospital...

If the Walls Could Talk

A struggling hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on patients simply to pad its bottom line. Multiple patients died in the fraud scheme that rocked Chicago's Edgewater Hospital during the 1990s and 2000s. Former employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital and how the owner got away with it.

A struggling hospital performed hundreds of unnecessary surgeries on patients simply to pad its bottom line. Multiple patients died in the fraud scheme that rocked Chicago's Edgewater Hospital during the 1990s and 2000s. Former employees, patients, investigators, and urban explorers recount the tangled history of what happened within the walls of Chicago's Edgewater Hospital and how the owner got away with it.

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