Tulsa's Camelot Cancer Care In Court After Health Department Tries To Shut It Down

Oklahoma health officials said one of Maureen Long's patients died earlier this month after receiving treatments in a Tulsa hotel room.

Thursday, November 13th 2014, 1:33 pm

By: News On 6

Tulsa's Camelot Cancer Care In Court After Health Department Tries To Shut It Down

A hearing was held on Thursday to stop a Tulsa woman from treating cancer patients.

The Oklahoma Department of Health issued a cease and desist order last week against the owner of Camelot Cancer Care. Now attorneys are in court to try and obtain a permanent injunction.

Oklahoma health officials said one of Maureen Long's patients died earlier this month after receiving treatments in a Tulsa hotel room.

The state medical examiner will have to determine if she died from her cancer or from the treatments.

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"The allegations in the petition here is vague and it doesn't even make connection that this was a terminally ill cancer patient who was probably going to do no matter what was done for her and our people tried to help her,” Long's attorney Ed Lindsey said.

We first told you about Long and Camelot Cancer Care last year when the FDA raided her offices and shut her down.

They accused her of using unapproved drugs to treat cancer patients.

The state said Long prepared the drugs in the basement of her south Tulsa home and administered them at various hotels around town.

They say the conditions were non-sterile and Long and her assistant were inserting PICC lines -- heavy duty IVs -- into a vein in the chest near the heart to administer the drug.

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According to the state, Long and her assistant are not registered pharmacists or licensed to provide the medical care and were not using proper disposal procedures, they're accused of throwing the medical waste directly into the trash cans.

No charges have been filed and they say she's back treating patients. If Long ignores the temporary cease and desist order, the worst thing that can happen to her is a fine of $100 a day.

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