Patient says Florida physician talked about mammography to get her alone, touched her breasts
A patient at Palm Coast Urgent Care in Palm Coast, Florida, thought she was receiving advice about where she could get a mammogram. But then, she says, a physician led her into an examination room and grabbed her breasts.
The physician, Florence Fruehan, had a clean disciplinary record prior to the incident, according to a new report from the Miami Herald. The patient was originally seeing Fruehan about a prescription she needed filled.
The Miami Herald’s reporting includes quotes from disciplinary documents collected while the incident was being investigated. According to those documents, Fruehan grabbed the patient’s breasts through her blouse and bra and then left the examination room.
Fruehan is now not allowed to see female patients without a licensed healthcare professional in the room.
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