Ingxelo eyongezelelweyo yanikezelwa nguSusan Orenstein noJesse Drucker.
Kumashumi eminyaka, isibhedlele i-Lenox Hill sibonakale ngathi sityebile njengoko izigulana zase-Upper East Side bezikhathalele-iintsapho zebhanki zaseManhattan ezinamagama afana ne-Uris, Hess kunye neWurtzburger- kunye ne-genteel njenge-East 77th Street block ekuyo. Njengokuba ezinye izibhedlele zesixeko ziphambili zihlawulisa ukuhlawula abaguli kwaye balwa nabadibaniselwano ngokudibana kwimizamo yabo yokuhlala inyibilikisiwe, iLenox Hill ayigcinanga ngokuzimela nje, kodwa amaphepha ayo eencwadi aye athi gqi kwabamnyama ngelixa isibhedlele sibonakala ngathi sibalekile uxinzelelo lwezemali lotshintsho kukhathalelo olulawulwayo. Kunyaka ophelileyo, ingeniso yayo inyuke nge-10 yezigidi zeedola.
ILenox Hill izuze kwimpumelelo yoogqirha bayo. Ngoku abanye babo gqirha bajolise kwiinkqubo ezintathu zaseburhulumenteni, u-Braganca ufunde. Amagosa avela kwi-FBI, i-Internal Revenue Service kunye neSebe lezeMpilo kunye neNkonzo zoLuntu bafunda izityholo zobuqhetseba zokuhlawula kunye nokuhanjiswa okungalunganga kwezigulana kwizenzo zoogqirha ezimbini ezithumela izigulana eLenox Hill: Madison Medical Associates, kunye ne-Advanced Heart Physicians & Surgeons Network . Kwakhona phantsi kophando yi-Advanced Health Corporation, inkampani ethengisa esidlangalaleni elawula ukuhlawulwa kunye nokulawulwa kwezo zenzo zoogqirha. Amagosa aseburhulumenteni aqala ukuxoxisana nabasebenzi besibhedlele ngo-1997.
U-Terence O'Brien, igosa eliyiNtloko le-Lenox Hill, wathi i-ofisi yegqwetha lase-U.S yacela iitshathi kunye neerekhodi ezithile esibhedlele kutsha nje ngo-Februwari, kodwa wongeze ukuba wayeqinisekisiwe ukuba isibhedlele asibandakanyekanga kuphando. Wongeze ngelithi isibhedlele iLenox Hill sasingenabo ubudlelwane obungafanelekanga neMadison Medical, Advanced Heart okanye Advanced Health. Okwangoku ngeli xesha, ndiyakholelwa ukuba siyaqhubeka nokwenza ngobulumko, utshilo.
UMichael Sommer, igqwetha lezeMpilo ePhucukileyo, uthe, Inkampani ayazi malunga nophando lukarhulumente malunga nokwenziwa okanye ukusebenza kwayo.
Isithethi seMadison Medical, u-Alan Metrick, uthe, Asivanga kwanto kwi-I.R.S., i-HH.S., i-F.B.I. okanye nayiphi na iarhente kaRhulumente malunga nophando. Ngokwazi kwethu, akukho phando luqhubekayo.
I-FBI Isithethi asivumanga ukugqabaza ngeli nqaku, njengoko besenza nezithethi zezeMpilo neleeNkonzo zaBantu kunye ne-I.R.S. Umbonisi wenza uphando oluzimeleyo, lweenyanga ezintathu malunga nobudlelwane phakathi kweMadison Medical, Intliziyo ePhucukileyo kunye nesibhedlele, esenza udliwanondlebe nabasebenzi besibhedlele abangaphezulu kweshumi elinambini, oogqirha esixekweni benolwazi ngendlela abaguli abathunyelwa ngayo kubucala, ukunyanzeliswa komthetho. imithombo kunye nabantu abanokufikelela kwiirekhodi ezifanelekileyo zamatyala. Kudliwanondlebe, omnye umntu wavela ephindaphinda: I-Lenox Hill internist eneminyaka engama-44 egama linguAngelo J. Acquista. Ngokomthombo wokunyanzeliswa komthetho onamathele kwi-F.B.I., uGqirha Acquista ujoliso lophando lwe-arhente, kwaye igqwetha elincedisayo lase-US eManhattan lisandula ukunikwa ityala.
Umbonisi uqale wathetha noDavid Warmflash, igqwetha likaGqirha Acquista kunye noogqirha kwi-Advanced Heart, ngo-Matshi 13. Igqwetha langoku likaGqirha Acquista, uKevin Walsh, iqabane e-Whitman, Breed, Abbott & Morgan ekwamela oogqirha kwi-Advanced Heart , uthe akaphenduli ngokwaneleyo kwisicelo se-Braganca sokuphawula ngaphambi komhla obekiweyo wephepha. Uye wathi, nangona kunjalo, umxhasi wam akalwazi olo phando. Umnumzana Walsh uthe khange abenalo ithuba lokuthetha nabaxhasi bakhe kwi-Advanced Heart.
UGqr Acquista ube negalelo elikhulu ekwakheni uthungelwano oluntsonkothileyo nolunenzuzo yezenzo zoogqirha eQueens, eBrooklyn naseLong Island ezithumela abaguli kwisibhedlele iLenox Hill. Ungumncedisi kwintloko yokhathalelo oluqatha kunye neyeza lemiphunga eLenox Hill, kodwa kwaziwa ngokubanzi njengoyena gqirha unamandla esibhedlele.
Ukwalilungu elasungula iMadison Medical kwaye unegalelo kwezemali kwi-Advanced Health. Iindima zakhe ezininzi-njengogqirha kwindawo yabucala, ugqirha ofundisayo kunye nosomashishini-bamnike amandla kunye nenkunzi. Ngokwabagxeki bakhe, bakwenzile ukungavisisani phakathi komdla wakhe wabucala kunye nezibophelelo zakhe zesibhedlele. (Umnumzana Walsh uthe khange abenalo ithuba lokuxoxa ngalento kunye nomthengi wakhe.)
Iimpikiswano ezityholwayo zikwabeke i-Lenox Hill kwisiphithiphithi. Ngokwandayo, eli ziko lahlulwe laba ziinkampu ezimbini ezinobutshaba kunye neparanoid: oogqirha abaxhamla ngokwezimali kwiMadison Medical, Advanced Heart okanye Advanced Health, kunye nabo bangenalo.
Oogqirha abane, bonke abo bebemgxeka uGqirha Acquista, uxelele uMbonisi ukuba ukhuseleko lwabo lusongelwe nguye. Omnye wabo gqirha, uMarc Spero, ugqirha we-Lenox Hill kunye ne-pulmonologist, uthe uyakholelwa ukuba uninzi loogqirha kwisibhedlele saseLenox Hill ngoogqirha abagqwesileyo, kwaye uninzi lwabo alunokwazi ngesiphithiphithi. U-Hugh Barber, umphathi wesibhedlele oneminyaka engama-79 ophuma kwisibeleko kunye nokubelekisa, wathi ngo-1996 wafumana umnxeba omazisa ukuba iyelenqe elalisemangcwabeni eQueens lathengwa ngegama lakhe. Kungekudala emva kokuba umnxeba ufikile, wathi watyelelwa nguKenneth McCabe, umphandi wase-Federal ojolise kulwaphulo-mthetho olulungelelanisiweyo. (UMnu McCabe wenqabile ukubeka izimvo ngeli bali.)
Omnye ugqirha wabhala ileta eya kwigqwetha lakhe ebhala isoyikiso, kwaye iziganeko ezikhokelela kuyo, ukuba zikhululwe kufanele ukuba zehle kuye. Ubhale wathi: Ndiyayenza le nto ukuba ndiyibhalele kuba abantu ababandakanyekayo banokuba noburharha ngokwaneleyo ukuba bangazama ukundithulisa, kungathandeki nangona oku kunokuba ngathi. Kwelinye ityala, ugqirha watshintsha amaphepha-mvume akhe waze wayiphindaphinda kathathu i-inshorensi yakhe. Ukuphendula kwezi zityholo, igqwetha likaGqirha Acquista uMnu Walsh uthe akanalo ulwazi lwazo naziphi na izoyikiso ezinjalo.
Ukwahlukana okungaphezulu kwemali kunye ne-turf esibhedlele kubangele ubuncinci kumacala amabini-omnye phakathi koogqirha ngabanye, omnye phakathi kweqela le-radiologists kunye nosihlalo wesebe le-radiology. Ngesinye isihlandlo, oonogada kuye kwafuneka banxibe iimaski zotyando kunye nezembozo zezihlangu kwaye bazithumele kwinkqubo yotyando yentliziyo evulekileyo eyayisenziwa ngoogqirha ababini, omnye wabo wayexelise ukuba uzokwenzakalisa omnye, oogqirha bayayazi imeko utshilo. (UMnu O'Brien uyaphika ukuba le yenzekile.)
Isibhedlele iLenox Hill sasinowona moya ungummangaliso wokukhathalela abaguli, kwaye uhambile ngoku, utshilo uGqirha Barber. Kubonakala kum ukuba injongo yesibhedlele kukwenza inzuzo. Le njongo isasazile iimvakalelo zongquzulwano, intiyo nenzondo. Namhlanje, awungekhe wenze nzuzo ngaphandle kokuba unqumle iinkonzo okanye wenze ubuqhetseba. Sithetha ngentengiso yenyama yomntu.
Kudliwanondlebe olude, uMnu O'Brien wathi, Ifilosofi yethu esisiseko kukuba abaguli beza kuqala kuyo yonke into esiyenzayo. Uthe ukhuphiswano kunye nengqumbo yemali, ngenxa yotshintsho olwenziwe kukhathalelo olulawulwayo, kuye kwakhokelela kwizikhalazo zokwenza okungalunganga, kwaye ngoo dokotela abangonwabanga abanokuthi kuqala banxibelelane nabaphenyi base Federal. Akukho mbuzo engqondweni yam ukuba kukho umba wemali apha, utshilo.
UMnu O'Brien wakhetha oogqirha ababini njengabanenkathazo: uGqr. Barber noGqirha David Follett, obandakanyeka kwisimangalo se-radiology. UGqr. Barber phantse uneminyaka engama-80 ubudala. Wayengumlawuli wezokubelekisa iminyaka engama-40, kwaye akasekho, utshilo uMnu O'Brien. Ndicinga ukuba angangathi, ukuba akukho enye into, akhuthazwe kukususwa kwindima yakhe kunye nokudana okukuzisayo.
Umnumzana O'Brien uthe uGqr. Follett unokuziva ekhuphisana noxinzelelo kuMadison Medical, oceba ukuqala inkqubo ye-radiology.
Ugqirha Follett uphendule nge feksi, izimvo zika Mnu O'Brien ngokubhekisele kum zibubudenge kwaye ziyamangalisa, kwaye zimele ukutolikwa kweziganeko ezingeyonyani.
NgoSeptemba ophelileyo, isibhedlele saqesha inkampani yamagqwetha yaseLatham & Watkins ukunceda iziko ekuphuhliseni inkqubo yokuthotyelwa [eya kuqinisekisa ukuba isibhedlele silandela imigaqo nemithetho yolawulo] nokuphendula kwizicelo zolwazi kunye namaxwebhu kwii-arhente ezahlukeneyo, utshilo Isithethi seLenox Hill. NgoJanuwari walo nyaka, iitrasti zacela uLatham kunye noWatkins ukuba baqhube uphononongo lwangaphakathi lobudlelwane bezonyango.
‘Isichotho seenqindi’
Omnye ugqirha wathi emva kokugxeka uGqr Acquista ngokwenza iinkqubo zonyango azibona zingafuneki, uGqr Acquista wamhlasela ngesichotho kwizibonda kwindawo yesibhedlele. Ugqirha uxele kwigqwetha lakhe, elafunyanwa yi-The Braganca, ukuba kwangoko emva kohlaselo, uGqirha Acquista wathi, ‘Ngaba uyayazi ukuba ngubani usapho lwam? Ngaba uyazi ukuba ngubani usapho lwam? Ukuba oku kuyenzeka kwakhona, kwakuphuma igama elinye kuwe, uya kuzisola, uxolo kakhulu. ' Umnumzana Walsh uthe akanakuphawula ngale nto kuba khange ndibenalo ithuba lokuyixoxa noGqirha Acquista.
Ubhuti kaGqirha Acquista, uDominick Acquista, udweliswe kwi-FBI. iifayile njengomhlobo wosapho lolwaphulo-mthetho oluququzelelweyo. UGqr Acquista akabonakali ekwabelana ngamashishini kunye nomntakwabo, kodwa ubuncinci omnye woogqirha abasebenza noGqirha Acquista ujongene nezityholo zonxibelelwano lwehlokondiba. UMadison Medical, uGqirha Acquista owayengumseki wawo, wasebenzisa iNkampani yoKwakha iVardo kwisiqwenga sokwakha iiofisi zeMadison Medical. UVardo ngokaLorenzo Devardo, owathi ngo-1987 wahlawuliswa, kunye nabanye abangaphezu kwe-10, ngokwenza iyelenqe lokuthutyeleza icocaine neheroin ezixabisa ngaphezulu kweedola ezingama-60 e-United States, besebenzisa ii-pizza parlors njengophambili kunxibelelwano oludumileyo lwe-pizza Mafia ityala. Emva koko-U.S. Igqwetha u-Rudolph Giuliani warhoxa kumnumzana Devardo emva kokuba evumile amatyala amabini okuba nemipu. Kunyaka ophelileyo, isixeko ngesiquphe sazilahla phantsi iikhontrakthi zokwakha nenkampani kaMnu Devardo emva kokuba iDaily News iveze ukugwetywa nokugwetywa kwakhe ngenxa yokuba nemipu.
UMqwalaseli ufumene isicelo semvume yokusebenza apho uMnu Devardo edweliswe njengonokontraka kwi-110 East 59th Street, kumgangatho wesibhozo, oyiMadison Medical. Kodwa igqwetha lale nkampani, uJames Moriarty, uthe ifemi yenze into encinci ediliza iprojekthi. Umnumzana Moriarty wongeze ukuba u-Devardo akananto yakwenza nolwaphulo-mthetho olulungelelanisiweyo. Akanamanyano, ixesha.
Kuyabonakala ukuba, ubudlelwane bukaGqirha Acquista kunye noMnumzana Devardo buhamba ngaphaya komsebenzi wezonyango waseMadison. Ngokweerekhodi zepropathi, uGqr Acquista uthathe inxaxheba ubuncinci kwimicimbi yokuthengiswa kwezindlu kunye noMnumzana Devardo okanye unkosikazi wakhe, uAntonella Devardo. UGqr. Acquista, ongumnini wepropathi eQueens, uzama ukufumana inkxaso yezopolitiko ukuze aphuhlise iiflethi ezinqabileyo kwindawo epakiweyo e-Astoria. Umyili we-Acquista kwiprojekthi yi-Miele Associates; UJean Miele, umntakwabo Joel Miele, oyintloko yeSebe lezoKhuselo lwezeNdalo esiXekweni, ungomnye wabalingane benkampani. Ngo-Okthobha ophelileyo, iLizwi leLali yaxela ukuba ichonge oosomashishini okanye abaxhasi beMiele Associates abanxulumene nolwaphulo-mthetho olulungelelanisiweyo. Iqabane eMiele Associates libize ibali leLizwi ukuba akukholeleki.
Ingxaki kwiPark Avenue
Ngelixa oonxibelelwano abanga kwamangalisi kwilizwe lokwakha, kubonakala ngathi akunangqondo kwimeko yesibhedlele iPark Avenue. Omnye ugqirha wathi ngethuba apho wayenokuphikisana nomntu othile, uGqirha Acquista wathi kuye, ngokunyanisekileyo, Ukuba uyakunika ubunzima, ndiza kwenza umntakwethu aphule imilenze yakhe.
Umnumzana Walsh uphendule wathi khange abenalo ithuba lokuxoxa ngebali noGqirha Acquista.
Ngomhla we-17 kweyoKwindla, uLenox Hill wakhupha le ngxelo: Isibhedlele sasingenalo ulwazi okanye ulwazi ngokubhekisele kwityala likaGqirha Acquista nabantu ekuthiwa banxulumene namalungu olwaphulo-mthetho olulungelelanisiweyo.
Oogqirha eLenox Hill bavakalise ukothuka kwezi zoyikiso zomzimba kunye nezalathiso zosapho. Ngenxa yoku, baye bamangaliswa kukunyuka okungagungqiyo kukaGqr. Acquista: ukusuka kumncedisi wesibhedlele ukuya kwinkosi yezonyango, kwisikhundla kwikomiti yokuqinisekisa ngomgangatho, ebeka iliso kwinqanaba lokhathalelo eLenox Hill, kwaye ekugqibeleni ukuya phezulu ubambiswano eMadison Medical kunye nomphathi wamayeza esibhedlele, uMichael Bruno. Ngentwasahlobo yowe-1996, iqela loogqirha lacwangcisa intlanganiso noJames S. Marcus, usihlalo webhodi yetrasti, ukuxoxa ngezinto ezibaxhalabisayo ngoGqirha Acquista. Babanga ukuba intlanganiso irhoxisiwe ngesaziso esifutshane.
Emva koko, uGqirha Barber wabhala ileta eya kuMnumzana Marcus ngomhla we-3 kaMeyi 1996, ebhekisa kwimiba kunye neengxaki. Ileta icacisile: Oku kubandakanya imisebenzi echaphazela kakubi umgangatho wokhathalelo lwezigulana, okunokwenzeka kunye nokungqubana okunokwenzeka kwabasebenzi.… Abasebenzi abathe bathetha nam baziva beqinile ukuba ngaphandle kokuba kusonjululwe ngokufanelekileyo yibhodi, ezi ngxaki ziya kusongela isibhedlele ukusinda.
Umnumzana O'Brien, nangona kunjalo, uxelele i-The Braganca ukuba ulawulo lwesibhedlele luye lwathatha amanyathelo amaninzi ukusombulula iingxaki, kwaye oogqirha bebengathandi ukudibana nolawulo lwezibhedlele okanye ngakumbi kwizityholo zabo. Sineentlanganiso ekungekho mntu uzibonakalisileyo, utshilo.
Ayisiyo kuphela ibhodi yabaphathiswa yeLenox Hill eqeshe igqwetha ukuba liphonononge izityholo, ikwenze ikomiti ekhethekileyo ejongene nokuqhuba uphononongo olupheleleyo olunokubakho lokungqubana komdla.
Nanini na xa kukho umbuzo ophakanyisiweyo, bekukho uphando ukuya kwinqanaba elinokuthi liphandwe, utshilo uMnu O'Brien. Sikujongisisile konke oku. Siye saxoxa kanobom ngaphakathi kweziko ngalo naluphi na uluvo, nayiphi na imibuzo anayo nabani na malunga nokuqhubekayo, kwanaxa kubhalwa iitshathi ebhodini malunga nokuba amanye ala maziko adityaniswa njani. Umnumzana O'Brien wongeze wathi: Siyaqhubeka nokusebenza ngendlela olindele ukuba isibhedlele sisebenze ngayo. Siziva siqinisekile ukuba akukho nto iphosakeleyo siyenzileyo.
