Surgeon Barred From Comp Work After Charged with Neglect in Flesh-Eating Disease Case

The New York Workers' Compensation Board has barred a surgeon from treating injured workers after he was found guilty of neglecting a patient who was in the grip of a flesh-eating disease. Dr. Rulx Dupiton, a vascular surgeon in Far Rockaway, agreed in July that he could not defend against charges that he failed to provide appropriate medical care to the patient and to keep adequate records, the comp board said in a bulletin. The state Board for Professional Medical Conduct revoked Dupiton's license after it found that in 2016, he failed to take a patient with necrotizing fasciitis t...