Chicago Doctor Accused of Nursing Home Malpractice

Chicago physician Dr. Michael Reinstein is being accused of multiple counts of nursing home malpractice for overmedicating patients that were in his care.

According to staff members at the facility where he worked, Maxwell Manor, patients treated by Reinstein experienced symptoms such as trembling, loss of bladder control and hallucinations.  Legal documents also indicate that the doctor relied heavily on a psychiatric drug called clozapine to treat his patients, which has several warnings and has been linked to at least three people who died while under Reinstein’s care.

One such patient, Alvin Essary, died in 1999 at the age of 50.  An autopsy revealed that he had five times the toxic level of clozapine in his body at the time of his death.  Similarly, 54 year old Odell Spruell died after Reinstein doubled his dose of clozapine.  And then there was Wendy Cureton, who at just 27 years old died at the hands of Reinstein.  Cause of death was clozapine intoxication.

Maxwell Manor was closed in 2000 for allegations of nursing home neglect; however Dr. Reinstein is still actively practicing psychiatric medicine in other facilities all over Chicago and placing unsuspecting nursing home residents in harms way every time they are treated by him.

A few of the allegations against Reinstein have resulted in settlements out of court, however still others are pending.  We’ll gladly pass along any further information along here as it becomes available.