PRINCETON, NJ — A psychiatrist has filed a lawsuit against Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and its clinical director saying he faces termination of employment for bringing to light “perilous conditions” at the hospital and lack of safety for patients and staff.
The complaint was filed on Nov. 3 in Mercer County.
Dr. Amir Rizvi of Princeton was suspended after he spoke up about the “untenable practices” at the hospital, the lawsuit said. Rizvi has no prior history of discipline.
The lawsuit also names the state, Department of Health, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services and others as defendants.
According to the lawsuit, the hospital’s clinical director, Dr. Intikhab Ahmed instituted policies and engaged in practices that caused the death of at least two patients and severe injury to a third patient who is currently in a “vegetative state.”
Ahmad was hired as the clinical director at the hospital in 2018.
Rizvi, who has worked for 20 years at the hospital, alleges in the lawsuit that Ahmad would “insist on prescribing Clozaril (a very toxic medicine) to many patients,” which led to the death of a patient due to toxicity.
Another patient died in June after he escaped the hospital “only to be found dead by suicide,” the lawsuit alleges.
The clinical director did not care about the “dignity and autonomy of patients,” and sought to...
The lawsuit alleges the CCRB’s online database, 50-a.org, unfairly harms officers by listing serious accusations including sexual misconduct, racial profiling and making false official statements ...