THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S DOCTOR.(The Talk of the Town)(Vice President Dick Cheney's personal physician for nine years turns out to have history of prescription narcotic abuse dating back to 1997)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 12-JUL-04

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When George W. Bush chose Dick Cheney to be his running mate four years ago, Dr. Gary Malakoff, Cheney's personal physician, assured the nation, in a letter released that July by the Bush campaign, that Cheney, despite having suffered three heart attacks and undergone quadruple-bypass surgery, was "up to the task of the most sensitive public office." Four months later, Cheney suffered a fourth heart attack, and Malakoff joined Cheney's cardiologist in declaring him fit to return to work. Now Cheney has dropped Malakoff from his medical team, after nine years of service. In June, Malakoff was relieved of his position as chairman of George Washington University Medical Center's General Internal Medicine Division. Hospital officials said last week that Malakoff was on leave until September.

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