Pilots also molested during medical exams

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Apparently this doctor molested pilots as well as athletes.

Evidently there will be a class action, so if you were molested by Anderson in SE Michigan you may want to check into this.

https://apnews.com/article/us-news-robert-anderson-michigan-detroit-8cc7743e4a3dec4a01d2cdb786d5aa35

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

If true, this went on over decades and was a very serious offense for a doctor.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

A prostate exam and testicular exam, was that it? I've had a friend who had to have a testicle removed in his 20s and another who had his prostate removed in his 30s both due to cancer. They both would have probably died without these exams.

A complete physical should definitely include these. However, an athletic physical or FAA physical normally does not. And one should not rely on such physicals for health purposes.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I’ll bet he is not concerned about it.

Almost certainly not. But evidently the University administrators are as they apparently want to settle.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

The AME has be dead for 13 years and now people decide to come forward and sue the University.

Michigans full of power tripping pedo doctors wtf

Interesting. These are potentially a result of this extension of the statute of limitations in response to the Nassar case.

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news...itations-in-sexual-assault-cases/69-563816470

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

The University is only worried about negative news. Their attorneys will settle with the black mailers.

Maybe. To really get to the bottom of this one would have to look at the actual evidence against Anderson.

In an earlier report, a retired administrator described this as “Easthope, who was associate vice president for student services, said he was ‘furious” as he marched across campus to fire Anderson based on a report that he was “fooling around with boys.’ Sort of vague exactly what that means.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

You are unlikely to get all of the evidence because it no longer exists. That includes exculpatory evidence.

That is a serious issue. And particularly in cases where the statute of limitations gets extended like this.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

There is fair variability regarding rectal exams in medical practice. When I was in medical school, all patients admitted to the medical service had a rectal exam as part of their admission physical. You actually got chewed out if you didn't perform that part of the exam. (Admittedly some time ago.)

Not to say what was going on here with Anderson was normal practice. Those type of exams for a sports physical on underage boys are uncalled for and a serious violation.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Typical PoA thread drift of course. But also note that the rectal exam provides additional information beyond the assessment of prostate size and hardness, such as testing for occult fecal blood, sphincter tone, etc.

But for adults this should be up to each individual whether this wish this test performed.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I wasn't trying to be cute. The thread title does imply that the purpose is sexual gratification, doesn't it? Isn't that what "molested" means?

I agree. I think that was the clear implication of the article that was linked. Remember one of the administrators who tried to have Andresen fired said he was outraged that he was “fooling around” with the boys. The investigation was about alleged behavior aimed at sexual gratification.