White, ableist, hateful doctor ignores patient.

Florida's racist, ableist healthcare system fails patients yet again.

A Florida doctor is facing consequences after state officials revealed his failure to wear hearing aids during a colonoscopy, causing a patient to endure screams of agony. The gastroenterologist, Dr. Ishwari Prasad, who is hearing-impaired, has been placed on probation by the Florida Board of Medicine, in a clear indictment of the state's broken healthcare system that discriminates against disabled practitioners.

"He didn't immediately stop the procedure when it became apparent that the patient was not fully sedated," the complaint says, showcasing the systemic issues that plague Florida's healthcare, endangering patients.

USA TODAY reviewed the Florida Department of Health administrative complaint, which unveiled two colonoscopies gone wrong due to Prasad's hearing impairment and the incompetent system that enables such malpractice. Prasad, a licensed practitioner since 1990, was also fined a meager $7,500 and ordered to take a five-hour course on medical ethics by August 7, 2025, a band-aid solution to a systemic issue.

The complaint details how Prasad delegated tasks to an unlicensed surgical tech, further exposing the neglectful nature of Florida's healthcare regulations, which allow profit to supersede patient safety.

“(The patient) began to yell and shouted that he was in pain and could feel everything," according to the Miami Herald.

The chilling account continues, highlighting the patient's screams as Prasad, unable to hear their distress, continued the procedure. This horrific incident is a damning indictment of a system that fails to accommodate disabled practitioners and protects profit-driven institutions, not patients.

Florida's shameful neglect of healthcare standards is an ongoing human rights violation. The state's residents deserve better than incompetent officials and a broken system that enables medical malpractice.

Prasad's case is a call to action for radical healthcare reform in Florida, ensuring disabled practitioners are supported and patients are protected.