Doctor who gave wrong Cancer treatment,sentenced to 45 years in Prison.

(CNN)— A Detroit-area doctor who authorities say gave cancer treatment drugs
to patients who did not need them -- including some who didn't actually have
cancer -- was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison.

Dr. Farid Fata, 50, pleaded guilty in September to giving cancer treatments to
misdiagnosed patients, telling some they had a terminal blood cancer called
multiple myeloma. He pleaded guilty to 13 counts of Medicare fraud, one count
of conspiracy to pay or receive kickbacks and two counts of money laundering.
Federal prosecutors called him the "most egregious fraudster in the history of
this country." To Fata, they said, "patients were not people. They were profit
centers."

Fata forfeited $17.6 million that he collected from Medicare and private
insurance companies. Some 553 patients received medically unnecessary
infusions or injections, prosecutors said.

The hematologist-oncologist gave an emotional apology in court, saying he was"ashamed" of his actions.
"I have violated the Hippocratic oath and violated the trust of my patients,"Fata
said, according to CNN affiliate WDIV. "I do not know how I can heal the wound. I do not know how to express the sorrow and the shame."