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A Florida woman was arrested for elder abuse after she took her father to the hospital, where he was found to be covered in human waste and maggots.

At the end of July, a woman in Pensacola, Florida, reported that her father’s heart rate was dangerously high and asked for help getting him to the hospital. When paramedics arrived, they found the man in poor condition. According to the arrest report, he appeared frail and malnourished and had sores and soiled clothing. Medical staff later noted a wound on his right hip, about the size of a softball, with infection and tissue damage. They also reported finding maggots and waste in the wound. Additionally, he was diagnosed with diabetes and heart failure.

The authorities reported that the man was unable to move on his own and had not seen a doctor since January. Police said he was still able to communicate and appeared aware of why he was in the hospital, and he told them he had been in a recliner for several months. His daughter reportedly told investigators she had been her father’s caregiver and that she had not moved him from the chair since June due to transportation issues. She said she had tried to get him to the hospital in April but was unable to complete the trip.

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A Florida man with a unique method of treating medical ailments is facing charges after the authorities learned that he was allegedly just playing doctor and he was not actually licensed to practice medicine.

73-year-old Onelio Hipolit-Gonzalez placed an advertisement in a Hispanic-based online community promoting his medical services for those seeking a doctor in the Tampa Bay area. He reportedly publicized that he specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, cancer, diabetes, and a host of other illnesses.

According to the Florida Department of Health, they stumbled upon the ad of a “Dr. Hipolit-Gonzalez,” which reportedly displayed a picture of the man in what appeared to be a white physician’s lab coat. After looking into his credentials they reported that they did not have anything on file showing that Hipolit-Gonzalez was licensed to practice any kind of medicine in the state of Florida.

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