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It looks like involuntary manslaughter will be the charge against Dr. Conrad Murray.
After Michael Jackson suffered cardiac arrest in his Holmby Hills home in Los Angeles in 2009, it allegedly took his personal physician, Dr.
They arrived in under three minutes, after being called by security, and spent another 42 minutes trying to revive him before deciding to "rush" him to the hospital.
According to paramedics and a doctor with 50 years of experience, Jackson died in the ambulance.
As Murray's preliminary hearing enters its second week, detective Orlando Martinez testifies that the King of Pop begged Murray to give him "his milk" or he would have to cancel his much-anticipated London tour.
His "milk" was reportedly the powerful anesthetic propofol. Along with the mild sedatives Conrad had given Jackson the previous night, the powerful cocktail proved too much for the frail Jackson, and even though he was allegedly carrying out his patient's wishes "without malice," the prosecution contends he acted "without due caution and circumspection."
And he will more than likely go to prison for it.
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Murray told police investigators that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for six weeks at the time of the singer's death. He had given Jackson 50 milligrams of the sedative propofol diluted with the local anesthetic lidocaine every night via an intravenous drip. Health professionals seem suspicious of his story though:
"An anesthesiology consultant hired by the coroner to review the findings of the investigation said that 'there are no reports of its use for insomnia relief, to my knowledge," according to the report.
The only reports of its use in homes are cases of fatal abuse (first reported in 1992), suicide, murder and accident," Dr. Selma Calmes wrote.
The standard of care for administering propofol was not met," she wrote.
According to testimony, Murray bought 255 vials of propofol in the three months before Jackson died from the lethal combination:
"Dr. Conrad Murray purchased four shipments of the anesthetic propofol between April 6 and June 10, 2009," said Tim Lopez, owner of Applied Pharmacy Services in Las Vegas, where Murray has a clinic.
Murray bought 130 vials of propofol in 100-milliliter doses and another 125 vials in the smaller dose of 20 milliliters, Lopez said while testifying at the hearing.
A coroner's investigator previously testified that 12 vials of propofol were found in the bedroom and closet of the singer's rented mansion after his death.
Lopez further sank Murray's slim chance of freedom by testifying that Murray asked him to ship some of the propofol to "one of his clinics" in Santa Monica, Calif. As it turns out, the address actually belongs to the doctor's girlfriend.
Using Murray's phone records, testimony from police and Murray's current and former girlfriends to create a detailed time line, prosecutors were able to prove that Murray was on the phone throughout the morning of Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, including after administering propofol to the singer.
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ruled before the hearing began Monday that the information could be introduced as evidence.
Additional damaging testimony came from a bodyguard who said he was told by Murray to place vials of medicine in bags before calling an ambulance.
When Murray told patients at his Las Vegas practice that he was taking a leave of absence to pursue a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," I'm sure it never entered his mind that he would ultimately be held responsible for the loss of one of the greatest entertainers of a generation.
If all evidence is to be believed, Michael Jackson was an addict, and Murray was his enabler.
If the evidence brought before the court turns out to be true then it appears that Murray was so enamored with the limelight and the prestige of being Jackson's personal physician that he ignored his training and any inkling of professional responsibility.
Murray seems to have forgotten the two principals outlined in the Hippocratic Oath:
"I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.
"I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan."
If Murray is found guilty, he will be an embarrassment to himself and to his profession, and will deserve every minute of the maximum four-year sentence behind bars.
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By: stare k on 1/11/2011 3:05PM
As a perfossional expert , I wonder do he always give his pt. every thing they ask for . Altho it might be agianst the law to provide it to a pt.
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By: Rene on 1/12/2011 11:12AM
I beleive he was reported to be making $150,000 a month to be MJ's personal physician, so professionalism went out the window when it came to the money. He was willing to risk his career and a lucrative job as MJ's physician to give him whatever the super star asked for all because of the money, but didn't this idiot think that he was going to end up losing everything if he killed him. MJ was an addict that is first and foremost, and this "quack" had to of known this MJ should have been in a treatment center for drug abuse not preparing for a world tour. The AIG people who were producing the tour knew this also, and I believe they have some responsiblity in his death also.
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By: stare k on 1/12/2011 6:38PM
I dont mean to dis our black Dr's . But having experiance with them & my family having exp. with diffrent black Dr. I & my family refuse to go to them . I dont know that don't know or they don't care about their pt. Only looking @ our insurance money , Or the title DOCTOR.My husband & I both was with the same black Dr. for over ten years. We both left . I left because , he was righting me a
script & he nooded off , the way thy right in short hand ,umumumum . You have to turn the script upside down to reade it. I had been thinking about leaving ,so when he did that 2 times I left . My husband stayed another 2 yrs. Then one night he was getting ready for bed , he said every time I try to lay down I can bearly breath , I said what ,he tried it again the same thing happen . I said to him .You need to go to ER if you are having that kind of problems . So off to ER we went , My husband had conjested heart failure . The other quack had been telling his his blood pressure was find . I would say to him @ the breakfast table ,u need to leave that salt alone & he would say to me .I' m not like you I don't have a blood pressure problem .oooooh . okay .
When all test was done including a Heart Cath. The Dr. came back & said you husband has conjested heart failure , he was in pretty bad shape @ the time.I said how did he get that & the Dr. said uncontrolled high blood pressure , I said he don't have a blood pressure problem . that is what the other Dr have been telling him for thelast 5 or more yesrs . He said for his heart to be in such shape , this has been going on for quiet some time. My husband said to me get me another Dr.
So I did the Dr we have he hav 7 family members + some of my in-laws he really do a good job with his pt's . Now a different Dr my sister had . Her husband was in the hospital for quiet a while.in & out of ICU / two heart attack . He had aburn on his foot , so he was also treating him for that too.After he stayed there for a while ,they had to send him to a different hospital . All incoming pt have to be checked in before being admitted . The day after being admitted, the new Dr. said to my sister did you know yur husband leg need to be amputated, she said WHAT ? He told her he had sit up GANGGREEN IN HIS LEG .His leg had turned black ,no life / circulation in it . He was making his rounds on areg. basis while he was @ the hospital , leg was wrapped up , I guess he was not checking it . He should have been unrapping it & @ least look /see what is going on . Then have the RN to rewrap it but he was not. My sister confronted him with that info.She said did youknow my husband leg neet to be amputated ? he looked down @ the floor & said no I did not know that. How could he not know ? As med .professional treating this pt on a reg routine . He was just no good. So When peopel tell you to chang Dr. Do you wonder why? I'am trying to help some body , ask questions , don't let him explain things to you on a med . term tell him to talk to you on your leavel eplain things to you it might be bad news buy you would no.No question is a dumb question . They can pick up a WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THROUGH YOUR BLOOD WORK , letting them know that there is some thing going on . My Dr. I have now I love him he is up & on it , he said to me I treat you like I do my sister . You are my pt I will do all I can for you . That made me feel real good . He has very good bed side manners . the church I go to he has quiet a few pt there . We all talk about how good he is to his pt. Because he is .I hate not to give my black Dr the service , but hey , they need to stay up & on it
I' am sorry for some of the things I said ,I only spoke the truth I did not mention any names .I wouldn do that . this is you health stay on top of it . You are paying thes doctors to see after you.
Be Blessed. Oh 3/4 wks my sis. husband he died .
If i made some mistakes in my typing ,please over look it.
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By: star k on 1/12/2011 6:53PM
Oh i for got to add . Any medical professional that are treating pt , It is amust know CPR .how canu treat apt in casa of an emergency ,if you don't know CPR . Also any med professional knows GANGREEN when they see it .Shame on you if you don't .Your toe, foot, ,leg turn black , no circulation , it dies .That what GANGGREEN look like .Ihope I helped some one
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By: cyndy on 1/12/2011 9:56PM
Well, Shut my mouth!!!!!!
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By: clare on 1/25/2011 8:50PM
The only person responsible for MJ's murder is his doctor, may he burn in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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By: mark on 1/25/2011 11:03PM
You are so right, and he will burn!!!!!!!
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By: mark on 3/01/2011 1:55AM
Yep, he should and will burn in hell for what he did!
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