Doctor Murdered for NOT Prescribing Opioids
‘Authorities are investigating the murder of a doctor in northern Indiana, who was shot to death for not prescribing opioid medication.
It’s yet unknown which specific medication the patient, Petra Jarvis, was seeking at her appointment last Wednesday (July 26), but Dr. Todd Graham’s refusal to write a prescription for her chronic pain was apparently enough for her husband, Michael Jarvis, to seek revenge.
Two hours after his wife’s appointment, Jarvis went looking for Dr. Graham and shot him twice in the parking lot of St. Joseph Rehabilitation Institute, a clinic in Mishawaka.
“He did what we ask our doctors to do. Don’t overprescribe opioids,” said St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter at a press conference. “Unfortunately, for whatever reason, Jarvis made that choice to take his life.”’
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