Earlier than he was recognized with coronavirus in March 2020, Ilter Aykac mentioned he did not have any important medical points.
Dennis A. Clark
An NYPD physician accused a detective “disabled” by COVID-19 of mendacity about his signs and tried to pressure him again to work — although the officer may not drive and now wants an oxygen tank, in keeping with a lawsuit.
Earlier than he was recognized with coronavirus in March 2020, Ilter Aykac, 37, mentioned he didn’t have any important medical points.
“I performed sports activities, I chased down my children. Carrying stuff wasn’t even a difficulty,” the married father of three informed The Submit.
Aykac caught coronavirus on the job, he mentioned, the place a handful of colleagues have been contaminated earlier than he was.
He was hospitalized for eight days and informed he had two to 9 days to stay — however was by no means really positioned on a ventilator due to a scarcity of the life-saving machines, in keeping with his authorized papers.
The virus left him with lung injury and practically two years later, the Lengthy Islander can’t carry his son to the automotive or play soccer together with his children, he mentioned.
“I’ve by no means been sick earlier than. … Then this factor occurred, I obtained sick, virtually died,” the 14-year veteran of the pressure mentioned.
But an NYPD physician, Leon Eisikowitz, slammed Aykac as a “malingerer,” repeatedly pressured him to journey in for appointments in Queens and pressured him to return to work, in keeping with a Manhattan Supreme courtroom lawsuit in opposition to the doctor and town.
Eisikowitz refused to approve medical therapies and even despatched him to division psychologists after the Manhattan detective complained concerning the physician’s conduct, in keeping with the courtroom paperwork.
Eisikowitz continued to dismiss Aykac’s signs, regardless of his incapacity to carry out a stress take a look at with out briefly shedding consciousness. In June, Eisikowitz allegedly pressured him to stroll round a division medical advanced in Queens as a take a look at, in keeping with courtroom papers.
“I couldn’t even discuss. I began shaking, I virtually fell down. I requested for water, he wouldn’t give it to me,” Aykac mentioned. “For 25 minutes I couldn’t get out of my seat.”
Eisikowitz even inspired Aykac to disregard a cancerous mass on his kidney which had been found by one other physician through the course of his remedy, the detective alleges within the authorized submitting. Aykac finally had profitable surgical procedure to take away the mass.
Aykac mentioned he may have labored from house however Eisikowitz wouldn’t OK the request. When the Suffolk County resident identified to the doctor that he couldn’t drive, Aykac claims Eisikowitz informed him, “That’s not my concern, take Uber.”
The division’s Medical Board finally accepted a 3/4-pay incapacity pension for Aykac, who mentioned he doesn’t need anybody else to endure the identical remedy from Eisikowitz.
“Simply because one particular person scams doesn’t imply everybody scams. I would like docs like Eisikowitz to be gone. They don’t have any respect for human life,” he mentioned.
“If Mr. Aykac adopted the directions of his NYPD District Surgeon, who's solely fascinated by forcing him again to work in any respect prices, he can be useless,” legal professional John Scola mentioned.
The NYPD declined remark. Eisikowitz didn’t return a message.
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