Docs' licenses under fire after deaths

BURLINGTON, Ind. (WLFI) - Four doctors from one family practice are being linked to nearly a dozen patient deaths, some of which date back to 2008.

The investigation began in February when the Drug Enforcement Agency raided the Burlington location on a search warrant.

The doors to the clinic remain open as of Tuesday, but the attorney general now wants four of the physicians' licenses suspended.

A sign that reads Now Accepting New Patients sits outside the Wagoner Medical Center on East Seventh Street in Burlington, despite four physicians being accused of using dangerous prescribing practices and unsafe drug mixes.

"I don't know everything that is going on here but I can say that I am happy here and I hope I can still come here because they are my medical family," said one Wagoner Medical Center patient.

On Monday, the Indiana Attorney General's office filed an emergency license suspension against four of the center's physicians. Named in the 10-page petition is Dr. Don Wagoner, his wife, Dr. Marilyn Wagoner, Dr. Robert Brewer and Dr. William Terpstra.

WLFI-News 18 stopped at both offices Tuesday morning one in Burlington, the other in Kokomo. We were declined a comment and asked to leave the property.

However, Delores Gifford, who has been a patient at Wagoner Medical Clinic for more than a decade, was leaving the Burlington office at the time of our visit, and says the news came as a complete surprise.

"I've been coming here for 16 years and I have been more than happy with the services here," Gifford said.

The attorney general's office alleges the four doctors were over-prescribing medication to their patients.

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