More doctors are being investigated in elder abuse medical scandal

Twelve doctors are now suspected of carrying out illegal medical experiments on hundreds of elderly patients at the Kaplan Hospital's Hertzfeld Geriatric Center in Rehovot, a police representative told the Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee on Monday. Ch.-Supt Meir Cohen, the head of internal investigations for the public security office, told the committee that in addition to the four doctors initially questioned in the affair, eight other doctors are now being investigated. So far, only three arrests have been made in the affair. Police said that the charges issued against them could include abuse of helpless victims, assault under aggravated circumstances, causing death through negligence, fraud, forgery, and obstruction of an investigation. They added that additional suspects would be investigated in the coming days.

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