RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond doctor has pleaded guilty after he injected several patients — many of them unknowingly — with ozone gas, claiming this unauthorized treatment would help with pain.
On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Dr. Jawad Bhatti of Richmond pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of the use of a misbranded drug as part of a plea agreement, per online court records. The terms of that agreement state that the other nearly two dozen charges he was facing will be dismissed.
This legal action against Bhatti, owner and operator of the Richmond pain management clinic Healing Hands of Virginia, came after he was accused of malpractice by both patients and employees…