The doctor who wouldn't help

The Bellend of the Month for October 2015 is Gregory Perry, a doctor at the DeGraff Memorial Hospital in Buffalo, New York. He is being sued after an incident last October when he insisted father-of-one Michael Cleveland was dead for 100 minutes, before declaring that he actually had a pulse, as claimed by the lawsuit. Mr Cleveland's wife Tammy had spent each of those 100 minutes trying to get help for her husband, who later died, as he fought for his life. It all started when Mr Cleveland had a heart attack at a grocery store and was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition. Dr Perry pronounced him dead and said that while it looked like Mr Cleveland was still breathing, he just 'had a lot of energy to expel from his body', it has been claimed. Widow Mrs Cleveland said she initially believed the doctor, but kept seeing 'more and more signs' that her husband was still alive. A doctor should be absolutely certain about it, and have done all they can to save them, before pronouncing a person dead instead of refusing to help like Perry did.