Wrong man, wrong bed, wrong treatment: Patient's death prompts medical board to discipline California doctor

Wrong man, wrong bed, wrong treatment: Patient's death prompts medical board to discipline California doctor

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – A California physician has been placed on five years’ probation by the state's medical board for administering a course of treatment to a patient that was intended for the patient in an adjacent hospital bed. His mistake led to the death of the patient who received the treatment in error. In September 2020, Dr. Rajeev Manu, a gastroenterologist with 50 years of experience in Bakersfield, California, ordered that unid…