Shellee Smith: Redding Medical Center Investigated for Performing Unnecessary Surgeries CS
NBC ID: ARFFXEJWXT | Production Unit: Nightly News | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: NY-NN-20021211-0001 | Air Date(s): 12/11/2002 | Event Date(s): 12/11/2002Transcript
Event Date(s): 12/11/2002 | Description: Redding Medical Center in Redding, California and one of this' heart surgeons Dr. Chae Moon are being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for possibly performing too many heart procedures. EXT DAY WS: Father John Corapi (ph) fly-fishing. CU: Corapi. INT MS: Moon at an operating table. INT MS: During interview Corapi says "He leaned over me in this most ominous tone and said, `I'm very sorry, there's nothing I can do for you. You need immediate multiple bypass surgery." EXT DAY MS: Corapi fishing. INT CU: Microscopic view of a beating heart. INT MS: Corapi speaking at a podium. STILL: Redding Medical Center Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hal Chilton. INT WS: Redding cardiac nurse Tamara Caudle (ph) speaks with other nurses. PARTIAL VO: During interview and a shot zooms in on Redding Medical Center: Tenet Health System document and shots of Moon performing surgery are seen Corapi says" The Redding Medical Center took the position, `No, we have absolute confidence in Dr. Moon. He's done over 30,000 of these. We're very aggressive in treating coronary artery disease.' And I said, `Are you so aggressive that you treat it before it exists?" EXT DAY WS: Corapi walking with a fishing pole. GFX: FBI Seal with Supers: Too many heart procedures were performed at RMC; were performing unnecessary invasive heart procedures on patients who did not require them. INT A HOSPITAL WS: Moon stands at operating table. EXT DAY Panning shot of exterior of Tenet office building. GFX: Tenet logo with Supers: Neither Redding Medical Center Nor Tenet Had Any Reason To Believe That Medically Unnecessary procedures were being performed at Redding." EXT DAY Shot zooms in on the exterior of a Tenet office building. WS: Caropi walks through a body of water. MS: NBC News correspondent Shellee Smith reports on camera. EXT DAY CALIFORNIA Shot zooms in on the entrance to the California Medical Association. EXT DAY REDDING, CALIFORNIA Panning shot of the exterior of Redding Medical Center. INT MS: During interview the California Medical Association's Jack Lewin says "Corporate interests in this increasingly corporate health care environment might have come ahead of patient interests in this particular hospital." EXT DAY REDDING CALIFORNIA Shot zooms out on the exterior of Redding Medical Center. INT Shot zooms out from medical monitor revealing a doctor standing at an operating table performing surgery. VO: Smith closes from Redding.