(AP) BALTIMORE ... A federal appeals court upheld a $1.15 million fine against a Baltimore-area radiologist for using uncertified mammography equipment that produced substandard images and could have placed breast cancer patients at risk.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion said Dr. Amile A. Korangy, who owns Korangy Radiology Associates, performed 192 mammograms in the summer of 2002 with a substandard machine at his Catonsville office.
"If mammography equipment does not produce an image of acceptable quality, early stage breast cancer may not be detected, thus depriving the patient of the best chance for cure," Judge William B. Traxler Jr. wrote Friday.
Korangy had argued the size of the fine violated the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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