Surgeon arrested inside hospital after confronting patient he operated on, report says
By Stephanie Moore
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LAVONIA, Georgia (WYFF) — A doctor was arrested inside a Georgia hospital after a confrontation with a patient he had done surgery on that morning, according to Lavonia police.
A report from the Lavonia Police Department said on Thursday an officer was called to St. Mary’s Hospital about a dispute between a patient and a surgeon.
A patient at the hospital said she was on the phone with her surgeon, Steven Muscoreil, about her procedure and Muscoreil “became angry and raised his voice at her,” the report said.
The patient told the officer that Muscoreil then came to her room and “charged toward her in an aggressive manner as if he was going to strike her, got into her face, and began yelling,” the report said. The patient said Muscoreil was shaking his finger inches from her face and yelling loud enough for hospital staff outside the room to hear.
The officer spoke with two nurses who corroborated the patient’s statements.
One nurse told the officer she had to physically intervene and push Muscoreil away from the patient.
Both nurses said Muscoreil was “extremely angry.”
Muscoreil was charged with simple assault and taken to jail.
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