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» posted on: 20/11/2008

What can you expect as a patient of Mr. Tamboli? Substandard care, that's what. Informing patients about their treatment options, the potential risks of a prorposed treatment--that's standard care. It's also what the law requires. For Mr. Tamboli, however, all of this is superfluous; expecting honest answers about side effects, that is unreasonable. He doesn't seem to understand why a teenager would want to know that a drug carries risks of, among other things, skin cancer, lymphoma, and leukemia, and that, moreover, even when use of the drug has stopped, these risks, according to the Mayo Clinic, because of the way the drug works, still persist for months or even years. I know it's not just a theoretical risk. I had a large tumor develop on my face; now I have a large scar on my face. I would not have taken a drug with the potential of inducing multiple types of cancer if told about these risks. Needless to say, one such risk, therefore, would not have manifested itself on my face.

» posted on: 12/12/2008

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» posted on: 13/12/2008

Where an individual is engaged in a profession, such as medicine, the law, or teaching, see 50 Am.Jur.2d, Libel and Slander §§ 227, 229, and 231, "[w]ords charging professional incompetence are actionable per se." "When particular skill or ability is necessary [in the performance of the plaintiff's vocation], an imputation that attributes a lack of skill or ability [to the plaintiff] tends to harm the other [the plaintiff] in his business or profession." Restatement (Second) of Torts § 572, comment c. "Words charging professional incompetence are actionable per se." 50 Am.Jur.2d, Libel and Slander § 216.

» posted on: 14/12/2008

NOTICE: The author(s) of defamatory statements posted against Dr. Tamboli on this site are asked to hereby remove all such statements. Otherwise, legal action will be taken against all liable parties including the poster(s). Defamation per se: Where an individual is engaged in a profession, such as medicine, the law, or teaching, see 50 Am.Jur.2d, Libel and Slander §§ 227, 229, and 231, "[w]ords charging professional incompetence are actionable per se." "When particular skill or ability is necessary [in the performance of the plaintiff's vocation], an imputation that attributes a lack of skill or ability [to the plaintiff] tends to harm the other [the plaintiff] in his business or profession." Restatement (Second) of Torts § 572, comment c. "Words charging professional incompetence are actionable per se." 50 Am.Jur.2d, Libel and Slander § 216. The authors will be responsible to determine which statements are potential libel or defamation per-se. Signed, CP Tamboli MD, FRCPC

» posted on: 22/12/2008

A different doctor might have started me on the drug in question, so I am deleting this doctor's name from this comment. That's the only thing I can do. I had many doctors involved in my care, so it's possible a different doctor started me on the drug in question, a drug which is what most likely caused a tumor to form on my face and which resulted in a large surgical scar on my face, something that I never should have had to deal with, something that never should have happened considering the disease I have. (I was also started on a high dose of prednisone, which I wasn't able to get off of until months later, and that made my skin look worse than even the surgical scar, so the way I look has changed completely. This is terrible for a person's self-esteem. I have barely even left my house since this happened to me; my life has changed completely.) What's more, at the time, as I mentioned, I was on prednisone, a drug which can do (and did) do many terrible things including affecting a person's memory. Perhaps I am not remembering correctly which doctor started me on the drug in question.