The Alabama Board of Medicine is still waiting to deal with former Putnam General Hospital physician Doctor John King. A hearing scheduled in Montgomery, Alabama Wednesday was postponed until August 27. King is the subject of dozens of medical malpractice lawsuits in West Virginia from the time he was a surgeon at Putnam General Hospital. Several of those suits have settled out of court in recent weeks. King was at Putnam General from November 2002 and June 2003. The Alabama complaint alleges King overdosed two patients in late 2006 when he was working in a pair of clinics near Birmingham. King is expected to appear in person at next month's...
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