Brooklyn's Real Life Dr. Nick

This is why we need local newspapers.

Both the Daily News and the Post tell the story of “Dr.” Felix Poperetchny, a Brighton Beach dentist who botched oral surgery on a 71-year-old woman. She began foaming at the mouth and passed out in his chair; afterwards, the “doctor” dumped her on the curb.

Colette Villemin is on life support at Coney Island Hospital. She suffered heart and brain damage. Prosecutors say she is likely to die.

And Poperetchny wasn’t a dentist.

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