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Capable Young Doctor’s Rise Ends in Jail Term
A 37 year old Canadian man known as William R. MacLeod shocked officials at six eastern hospitals as he was revealed to have practiced medicine for five years without any medical education. He pled guilty and received a one year term in Westchester County Jail. Nurses and administrators recalled his competence as he delivered hundreds of babies and treated many patients at institutions in Brooklyn, Preakness New Jersey, Bayville New Jersey, and Connecticut. He forged diplomas from two European schools and registered with a medical agency five years ago. An investigation began after a Hartford finance firm questioned a loan payment, uncovering no medical license from the state department.
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Westchester County
John T. McCormick
Miriam Warnick
Brooklyn Women’s Hospital
MacLeod
U.S. Army Medical Corps
Prospect Heights Hospital
Brooklyn
Hopedell Hospital
Preakness
N. J
Bayville
Manchester
Hartford
Brooklyn Hospital
Harry Broadbent
Hartford Finance Company
Leo F. Carroll
Carroll
Dobbs Ferry
New York