Monday, June 12, 2006
San Francisco's Department of Public Health would offer free medical tests and immunizations to refugees duped by an unlicensed former doctor who lately pleaded at fault to performing hundreds of fake exams over several years.
Public Health Director Mitch Katz, a doctor, and District Attorney Kamala Harris proclaimed Wednesday that anyone who was defrauded by Stephen Brian Turner and still requires a new immigration medical exam could call a telephone line set up by the Department of Public Health and arrange for services.
The phone line, (415) 554-2681, has information in English, Spanish, Cantonese and Russian and would operate through July 28.
Turner, 52, who is serving seven years and eight months in state prison, paid $138,511 in restitution after admitting to performing bogus exams on more than 1,300 immigrants in San Francisco.
Federal immigration officials incorrectly maintained Turner's name on an agency Web site as a doctor expert to look at applicants for green cards as late as the fall of 2002. His physician's license was canceled years earlier after he failed to get psychological action ordered by the California Medical Board when he was criminal of indecent exposure.
San Francisco would fund the new exams and make them available to any of Turner's victims, regardless of where they live, said district attorney spokeswoman Debbie Mesloh.
Public Health Director Mitch Katz, a doctor, and District Attorney Kamala Harris proclaimed Wednesday that anyone who was defrauded by Stephen Brian Turner and still requires a new immigration medical exam could call a telephone line set up by the Department of Public Health and arrange for services.
The phone line, (415) 554-2681, has information in English, Spanish, Cantonese and Russian and would operate through July 28.
Turner, 52, who is serving seven years and eight months in state prison, paid $138,511 in restitution after admitting to performing bogus exams on more than 1,300 immigrants in San Francisco.
Federal immigration officials incorrectly maintained Turner's name on an agency Web site as a doctor expert to look at applicants for green cards as late as the fall of 2002. His physician's license was canceled years earlier after he failed to get psychological action ordered by the California Medical Board when he was criminal of indecent exposure.
San Francisco would fund the new exams and make them available to any of Turner's victims, regardless of where they live, said district attorney spokeswoman Debbie Mesloh.
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