Abortion Doctor Krishna Rajanna To Appeal Revocation
A former Kansas City, Kan., abortion doctor said Thursday that he would appeal the revocation of his medical license.
Krishna Rajanna’s license was
pulled Saturday by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts. The unanimous decision ended a drawn-out battle that included startling allegations against Rajanna.
The board unanimously ruled that Rajanna’s license should be pulled after a series of inspections turned up such things as a dead mouse in the clinic hallway, filled syringes in an unlocked refrigerator, carpet in a surgical area and a facility that was generally unkempt.
Rajanna has denied those charges and also denies a more serious claim, raised in a legislative hearing this year, that an employee had witnessed him “microwave one of the aborted fetuses and stir it into his lunch.”
The claim was aired publicly in an affidavit by Detective William Howard of the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department, who testified in March before the Health and Human Services Committee of the Kansas House as the Legislature considered tightening regulations on abortion clinics.
Howard told lawmakers that he had been called to the clinic in 2003 by Rajanna, who wanted to report a theft. During the investigation, Howard said he spoke with an employee that Rajanna had suspected of the theft.
Rajanna denies the claim and points out that it was made by a disgruntled employee who was later fired.
“They’re just making it up with no proof whatsoever,” he said.
Another employee, Tom Spreitzer Jr., backed Rajanna and called the claim outlandish.
Howard could not be reached for comment, and the Police Department refused repeated requests for an interview with him.
The employee who made the original claim also could not be reached. Her claim, though, has since
resurfaced in Internet news reports, just days after Rajanna’s license was revoked by the Board of Healing Arts.
The claim has never been proved, says Rajanna, who sees no point in arguing about it further.
“We’re always under attack. It’s not something new. They would always take a lie and make it as big as can be and that’s exactly what is happening,” he said.
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Posted by Editor at June 18, 2005 10:15 AM
