The former chair of the Arkansas State Medical Board is being sued by at least 25 former patients who claim they were held against their will in his psychiatric unit, and is further facing allegations of Medicare fraud from the state's attorney general's office.
Dr Brian Hyatt, one of the state's top physicians, is at the centre of the lawsuit. Former patients claim the doctor kept them locked up after they sought treatment for mental health problems, and proceeded to charge them the highest amount possible upon their eventual release.
