READ ABOUT JORGE ZAMORA QUEZADA’S SENTENCING HERE\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s almost like the story is forgotten, but he damaged thousands of patients,\u201d Miranda Hinojosa said.<\/p>\n
Hinojosa became a patient of Zamora-Quezada when she was 11 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI had started to get a lot of chronic fatigue and body pain that I didn\u2019t have before,\u201d Hinojosa said. \u201cSince my mom had lupus, I started to go to Dr. Zamora because he was the only one in the Valley really that was a rheumatologist.”<\/p>\n
Zamora-Quezada falsely diagnosed Hinojosa with rheumatoid arthritis, which she said led to years of unnecessary medication.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was put on lots of medicines, but mainly it was methotrexate \u2014 which is low dose chemo medication \u2014 every week for 10 years,” Hinojosa said.<\/p>\n
The medication deteriorated Hinojosa\u2019s body and damaged her central nervous system, leading to a diagnosis of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS.) The condition causes several heart issues and dizziness and fatigue.<\/p>\n
Now at 32 years old, Hinojosa said she can\u2019t even get out of bed due to her condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cToo much movement causes her tachycardia, her heart, to go off,\u201d Hinojosa\u2019s mom \u2014 Iris \u2014 said. \u201cHer blood pressure, she can get lethargic, it\u2019s just a bunch of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hinojosa said she and her mom were in the courtroom when Zamora-Quezada was sentenced.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just hard knowing that this was the because of medicine, somebody purposely poisoning you for so many years and looking you in the face,\u201d Hinojosa said. \u201c[The sentence] is a slap on the wrist.”<\/p>\n
As part of his sentence, Zamora-Quezada received seven years of credit for time served, and is eligible for a sentence reduction for good behavior.<\/p>\n
Zamora-Quezada was also ordered to pay $28 million in restitution to the insurance programs he defrauded, but not to his victims.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody got justice. Nobody got restitution. It\u2019s like it never happened,\u201d Hinojosa said. \u201cHis life is not gonna be hard like everybody else is. There\u2019s no closure.\u201d<\/p>\n
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