Ernst Jansen
Ernst Nicolaas Herman Jansen , (born October 24, 1945 in Kamperland , Netherlands ), also known by his adopted name Ernst Jansen Steur , is a former Dutch neurologist . He was known as an expert in neurology and Alzheimer's research. Several serious misdiagnoses have come to light since 2004, leading to his dismissal from various positions and ultimately to indictment.
career
Jansen earned his doctorate in 1994 at the University of Maastricht on Parkinson's disease . In 2002 he was interviewed on Dutch television as an expert on Prince Claus' health .
In 1990 he suffered a complicated hip fracture in a serious car accident. Since 2000 he was addicted to midazolam . In order to obtain this prescription drug regularly, he began to forge prescriptions under the name of colleagues. As it later turned out, Jansen had made numerous misdiagnoses since his drug addiction. To substantiate these diagnoses, he forged patient forms, swapped X-rays, and forged laboratory reports. He prescribed unnecessary strong drugs to patients and, in some cases, initiated unnecessary brain surgery.
In 2004 he was released from Medisch Spectrum Twente (MST). He received a severance payment of 250,000 euros and, like his former colleagues, had to sign a confidentiality agreement. As part of this agreement, he agreed to be removed from the Dutch doctors' list, thereby giving up the right to continue practicing in the Netherlands. Damaged patients received financial compensation, but were also sworn to secrecy.
Investigations and Proceedings
Despite the agreement with Jansen, the MST Supervisory Board decided in January 2009 to initiate an investigation against Jansen. This investigation was carried out under the direction of the former mayor of Hengelo , Wolter Lemstra .
In its report, the Lemstra Commission came to the conclusion that errors had been made on the part of the MST but also the Dutch health inspectorate. Jansen had failed as a doctor since 1992, and the MST had failed to do anything for years.
On the basis of this report, the Dutch Minister of Health Ab Klink set up a further commission of inquiry to review health supervision. This commission came to the same conclusion as the Lemstra commission on the failure of the health inspectorate and found that it had hesitated too long to take action against Jansen. She would have had to file a criminal complaint against him instead of just agreeing to voluntarily return his medical license. The MST and the doctors who treated Jansen for his injury were accused of lacking cooperation with health officials. Both treating doctors invoked medical confidentiality . The health inspectorate, however, came to the conclusion in an internal investigation that they had acted correctly in the Jansen case.
In October 2009 it was finally announced that Jansen would have to answer in court. A special police commission (the "Lippstadt Team" ) had collected 135 different patient complaints against Jansen at this point in time. The prosecution charged Jansen with 21 offenses, including grievous bodily harm through misdiagnosis of eight patients that resulted in one patient's suicide, as well as theft, embezzlement and fraud. A total of 40 people had filed criminal charges. Several dozen patients and the relatives of three deceased patients demanded compensation for pain and suffering .
In addition, Jansen was charged with scientific fraud after the Lemstra Commission's investigation revealed that Jansen had falsified the results of an article in The Lancet .
On November 4, 2013, the trial against Jansen was opened at the Overijssel Law Bank in Almelo . In February 2014, he was sentenced to three years in prison without parole. In May 2015, an appeal procedure began in Arnhem to assess Jansen's sanity.
Work in Germany since 2004
After he was forced to leave the MST, Jansen moved to Germany in 2004 and worked there for various private clinics. In 2006 the Arnsberg District Government granted him a German license to practice medicine . A spokesman for the district government later said that Jansen had submitted his university certificates, a Dutch certificate of good conduct and the certificate from the Dutch authority that issues approvals there.
Jansen worked at the Schlossberg Clinic in Bad Laasphe until 2009 . After the Dutch journalists Rob Vorkink and Lucien Baard tracked him down there and tried to interview him, Jansen was released immediately. In 2010, Jansen worked for a few months in the Mittelweser clinics in Nienburg / Weser , and a little later in Worms .
At the beginning of 2013, Vorkink found him again in the Klinikum am Gesundbrunnen in Heilbronn . Vorkink had recognized him by his voice, although Jansen denied that he was identical to what he was looking for. Jansen was also released there on January 5, 2013. The hospital initially alleged that Jansen had been able to be employed without checking his Dutch license, as he had voluntarily given up his job in the Netherlands in 2010 and had not been legally convicted when he applied. In addition, Jansen had a valid German license to practice medicine. However, it turned out that the hospital had indeed been informed of Jansen's past. On January 6, 2013, a German patient filed a lawsuit against Jansen, accusing him of having to sit in a wheelchair because of his treatment in Heilbronn.
He later returned his license to practice medicine in Germany.
Surname
Ernst Jansen added the addition Steur to his last name, his mother's maiden name. The different names made it difficult to research German clinics about his background in the Netherlands.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth announcement
- ↑ PhD thesis
- ^ De gezondheidstoestand van Prins Claus
- ↑ a b c d Dokter Bibber , De Telegraaf, September 20, 2009
- ^ Controversial neurologist is working in a German hospital again , De Volkskrant, January 4, 2012
- ↑ Medisch Spectrum Twente: zwijgplicht over neuroloog , January 19, 2009
- ^ TC Tubantia
- ↑ 31 700 XVI Vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (XVI) voor het jaar 2009
- ↑ kritiek op rapport omstreden neuroloog , Het Parool, September 1st 2009
- ^ Angel en Antenne, Het functioneren van de Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg in de casus van de neuroloog van het Medisch Spectrum Twente
- ↑ Commissie Hoekstra: 'IGZ moet werkwijze verbeteren' , May 27, 2010
- ↑ a b Inspectie faalde in zaak verslaafde neuroloog
- ↑ IGZ report neuroloog MST
- ↑ Omstreden neuroloog voor de rechter , Telegraaf.nl, October 7, 2009
- ↑ Neuroloog refuses onderzoek
- ↑ a b Aangifte derde dode in affaire neuroloog , Telegraaf.nl. September 19, 2009
- ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten : Heilbronn scandal doctor: Ernst Jansen is on trial in the Netherlands on November 4, 2013
- ↑ n-tv : scandal neurologist gets three years from February 11, 2014
- ↑ a b n-tv : Scandal doctor Jansen again in court on May 17, 2015
- ↑ Dutch doctor: How "Dr. Frankenstein" came to Germany , Spiegel Online , January 8, 2013
- ↑ How much guilt do the clinic and chambers bear? , Aerztezeitung.de, January 14, 2013
- ↑ a b Ex-neuroloog Jansen Steur aan het Werk in Duitsland , RTV Oost, 4th January 2013
- ↑ a b Gerri Eickhof: he is maar een neuroloog the Jansen Steur heet
- ↑ Ontslag Jansen Steur in Heilbronn , NOS.nl, January 5, 2013
- ↑ The clinic had known about criminal proceedings since 2011 , Stimme.de, 6./10. January 2013
- ↑ Jansen Steur deed wel ingreep in Heilbronn , Telegraaf.nl, January 6, 2013
- ^ Announcement from the SLK clinics of January 7, 2013 ( Memento of the original of November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 21 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jansen, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jansen Steur, Ernst (assumed name); Jansen, Ernst Nicolaas Herman (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kamperland , Netherlands |