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Doctor Did Abortions After License Was Revoked

Police: Doctor Did Abortions After License Was Revoked

MIRAMAR -- A doctor whose license was revoked for botching abortions, including leaving fetus parts inside his patients, was arrested because he kept performing the procedures, officials said.

Robelto A. Osborne, 44, turned himself in to Miramar police Wednesday and was released on bond the same night. He was charged with performing medicine without a license, a third-degree felony.

Osborne performed the abortions at A GYN Diagnostic Center in Miramar, police said. There was no answer to telephone calls at the clinic on Friday and he does not have a listed home phone. Police also have an arrest warrant out for Kieron A. Nisbet of Homestead, who allegedly gave patients anesthesia without a medical license.

The state Department of Health says it was tipped off about Osborne by an anonymous caller and it contacted police Nov. 16.

According to state records, Osborne's license was revoked in August because he failed to perform necessary preoperative procedures, did not treat a severe uterine perforation and did not return calls to his emergency line from a patient in extreme pain and bleeding.

Records also said Osborne left fetus parts inside his patients, which can cause infection, hemorrhaging and even death.

Cops Bust Abortion Doctor

Police arrested a doctor who they say performed abortions after his license was revoked. They are hunting for another man with no medical license who may have given patients anesthesia.

The Miami Herald

Although a Miramar doctor's medical license had been revoked since this summer after state officials said he endangered women's health by botching abortions, he continued to practice and perform abortions, Department of Health officials said Thursday.

Robelto A. Osborne, 44, of 555 NE 15th St., Miami, turned himself in to Miramar police Wednesday night. He was charged with performing medicine without a license, a third-degree felony, at A Gyn Diagnostic Center at 6161 Miramar Parkway, Suite 300.

Police now have an arrest warrant out for Kieron A. Nisbet, 34, of 16230 SW 248th St., Homestead, who investigators said gave abortion patients anesthesia even though he does not have a medical license.

Miramar police spokesman Bill Robertson said the Department of Health contacted detectives about Osborne and Nisbet on Nov. 16.

On the afternoon of Dec. 15, police temporarily closed the clinic to execute a search warrant. Robertson said there are other physicians who work at the clinic, but he could not say how many. A detective involved in the probe said those doctors' attorneys have been in contact with police.

Also, investigators have interviewed several patients, Robertson said.

An anonymous informant tipped Department of Health authorities to Osborne's continued practice in Miramar.

Osborne's license was revoked, according to Department of Health records, in August because he failed to perform necessary pre-operative procedures and did not treat a severe uterine perforation. Records also show he did not return calls to his emergency line to patients who complained of extreme pain and bleeding.

Osborne also left fetus parts inside his patients, the documents show.

If the uterus is not cleaned after an abortion, an infection can develop, and a woman can hemorrhage and die, according to doctors.

In addition to revoking Osborne's license in August, the state fined him close to $7,000, records indicate. Osborne did not dispute the state's action, records show.

A Gyn Diagnostic Center, decorated for Christmas with a holiday Bambi sticker on the door and a red bow inside the waiting room, was locked before 5 p.m. Thursday. Workers at neighboring businesses in the small Steiner Building strip mall said several police cars had been there last week.

Efforts to contact Osborne and the clinic Thursday were unsuccessful.

Before he practiced in Miramar, according to Department of Health documents, Osborne performed abortions at A Woman's Choice Clinic in Miami Lakes.

A 41-year-old sought an abortion from Osborne there in January 2000, records show. After the procedure, she complained of bleeding and pain, and Osborne gave her a shot in her leg to help the bleeding subside, according to health department files.

Osborne did not perform necessary post-operative procedures on the woman, causing her to hemorrhage, records show.

Later, the same woman called Osborne, but he did not return her calls, the documents show. Soon after, she went to an emergency room where doctors performed a hysterectomy and foundparts of a fetus in her uterus, according to state records.

Also, the records reveal, Osborne botched an abortion on an 18-year-old in 1996 at a Hialeah clinic. The woman was treated at Baptist Hospital in Miami-Dade County to repair damage to her small intestine.

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Posted by Editor at December 24, 2004 05:39 PM