>>> WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING
NEWS TODAY
IT’S ABOUT AN ALARMING NEW
WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT THAT
ALLEGES QUOTE HIGH NUMBERS OF
FEMALE DETAINEES AT AN I.C.E.
DETENTION CENTER IN GEORGIA
RECEIVED QUESTIONABLE
HYSTERECTOMIES
SHFS
IT WAS FILED BY A NURSE WHO
WORKED FULL-TIME
THE NURSE SAYS THAT DETAINED
WOMAN TOLD HER THEY DIDN’T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE
UNDERGOING HYSTERECTOMIES AND
ONE DOCTOR RAISED RED FLAGS
AMONG THE NURSES AT THE
FACILITY
MY COLLEAGUE HAS BEEN REPORTING
ON THE STORY AND JOINS US NOW.
TELL ME WHAT WE KNOW
WE SHOULD SHOW OUR WORK HERE
THIS HAS BEEN SWIRLING AROUND ON
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A COUPLE OF
DAYS
YOU CONFIRMED THIS STORY AND
YOU’VE GOT SOME NEW REPORTING.
TELL US ALL ABOUT IT
>> OUR NEW REPORTING IS BASED ON
CONVERSATIONS WITH FOUR LAWYERS
WHO REPRESENTED CLIENTS IN THIS
FACILITY OVER THE PAST THREE
YEARS.
THEY ARE ABLE TO REAL BROADEN
THIS STORY OUT AND EXPLAINS WHY
THE WHISTLE-BLOWER HEARD WHAT
SHE DID.
THESE LAWYERS TELL US THEY KNEW
OF WOMEN WHO SAID THEY WERE
AFRAID TO GO TO THIS DOCTOR.
THEY IDENTIFIED HIM. HIS NAME IS MAHINDRA AMIN.
HIS NAME IS MAHINDRA AMIN.
HE’S A GYNECOLOGIST IN DOUGLAS,
GEORGIA.
HE WAS OVERLY HARSH.
THEY CALLED HIM ABUSIVE AND SOME
OF THE ALLEGATIONS THE LAWYERS
TOLD US AND AT LEAST TWO CASES
THERE WERE WOMEN WHO WERE TOLD
THEY NEEDED A HYSTERECTOMY
BECAUSE THEY HAD CANCER.
ONE OF THE WOMEN, HER MEDICAL
RECORDS INDICATE SHE NEVER HAD A
BIOPSY
ANOTHER CASE A LAWYER TOLD ME
HIS CLIENT HAD A HYSTERECTOMY
AND WAS TOLD SHE HAD STAGE FOUR.
THE CONONCOLOGIST SAID YOU DO NO
HAVE CANCER.
I PERSONALLY CALLED THE DOCTOR’S
OFFICE AS SOON AS I IDENTIFIED
MYSELF AS A REPORTER, I HEARD A
CLICK.
THE PHONE HUNG UP.
CLEARLY THERE ARE PEOPLE
REACHING OUT WITH THE SAME QUESTIONS WE HAVE TODAY.
QUESTIONS WE HAVE TODAY.
MY COLLEAGUE INTERVIEWED DAWN
WOOTEN
THE WHISTLE-BLOWER BLOWER AND
HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID.
I SHOULD WARN VIEWERS, WHAT SHE
HAD TO SAY IS DISTURBING
>> YOUR QUOTING THE COMPLAINT AS
SAYING THAT’S HIS SPECIALTY.
HE’S THE UTER RURKS S COLLECTOR.
>> THAT’Sst HOW THE DETAINEES
REFERRED TO HIM.
SHE SAID WHAT IS HE DOING,
COLLECTING ALL OF OUR UTERUSES
GIST LOOK
I JUST LOOKED AT HER PUZZLED
I DIDN’T ACCOMPANY THEM ON THE
PROCEDURES AND IT’S MIND BLOWING
AND MIND BOGGLING.
WHEN YOU GET IN YOUR VEHICLE
AFTER A 12-HOUR SHIFT AND YOU
CRY YOURSELF HOME AND YOU’RE THE
ONLY ONE IN THE VEHICLE ASKING
WHY, WHAT IS GOING ON?
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
I DON’T HAVE AN ANSWER WHY IS NOBODY NOT HEARING THEM
WHY IS NOBODY NOT HEARING THEM
OR TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY
I DON’T HAVE AN ANSWER
SHIFT AFTER SHIFT, THEN IT GETS
TO BE WHERE YOU DON’T WANT TO
REPORT TO WORK BECAUSE YOU DON’T
HAVE AN ANSWER
YOU DON’T HAVE A REASON AND
THEY’RE GOING TO ASK YOU WHY
>> NOW, NICOLE, I.C.E. SAID THEY
DON’T COMMENT ON ALLEGEATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THEIR
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
THEY SAY IN GENERAL ANONYMOUS,
UNPROVEN ALLEGATIONS MADE
WITHOUT ANY FACT CHECKABLE
SPECIFICS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH
THE APPROPRIATE SKEPTICISM THEY
DESERVE.
THEY ARE CLEARLY QUESTIONING
DAWN WOOTEN HERE
SO FAR I.C.E. HAS NO RESPONDED
TO THE NEW REPORTING BY NBC NEWS
THAT CALLS OUT THIS DOCTOR BY
NAME AND GIVES SPECIFIC
ALLEGATIONS THAT CLIENTS GAVE
THEIR LAWYERS.
THE OTHER THING WE’RE WAITING
FOR THEM TO RESPOND TO IS WELL
IS THE COMPANY THAT RUNS THE
FACILITY IS THE ALLEGATIONS FROM
THE LAWYERS THEY SAY THEY WENT
TO LEADERSHIP TO MANAGEMENT AT
THIS FACILITY AND SAID YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH THIS DOCTOR
OUR CLIENTS ARE AFRAID TO GO
BACK TO THEM
HE’S HURTING THESE WOMEN
THEY CONTINUED FOR YEARS TO KEEP
USING THIS GYNECOLOGIST TO
PERFORM THIS CARE.
RIGHT NOW I.C.E. HAS NOT
RESPONDED TO THAT NEW REPORTING.
>> JULIA, CAN YOU WIDEN THE LENS
ON THE MEDICAL CARE THAT IS
STANDARD FOR FEMALE DETAINEES.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF
CARE WHEN WE READ ABOUT THE
ABJECT NEGLECT AROUND COVID.
>> I’VE BEEN TALKING TO LAWYERS
WHO SAY I HAVE CLIENTS IN
DETENTION WHO HAD DIABETES AND
COULDN’T GET THEIR MEDICATION
YET THEY WERE TOLD TO GO BACK
FOR A PAP SMEAR AND GO AGAIN
WHEN THAT SEEMED IRREGULAR
SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE GETTING
WAY TOO MUCH CARE FOR A
GYNECOLOGIST AND DOING
UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES AND NOT
ENOUGH OF WHAT YOU WOULD NEED IN
A SHORT TERM DETENTION
SITUATION.
WE KNOW THEY AREN’T SUPPOSED TO
STAY LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS.
WHY WERE THEY GETTING SO MUCH
CARE ON THIS ONE AREA?
I WILL POINT OUT THIS DOCTOR WAS
PART OF A CIVIL SETTLEMENT WITH
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN 2015
WHERE HE AND OTHER DOCTORS HAD
THE PAY OVER $500,000 AND A FINE
FOR FRAUDULENT CLAIMS TO
MEDICAID
THAT MEANS WE’RE ALREADY LOOKING
AT A DOCTOR WHO HAS BEEN ALLEGED
TO HAVE TRIED TO INFLATE HIS
CLAIMS IN ORDER TO GET MORE
MONEY.
THAT IS THE ALLEGATION HERE.