Doctor faces charges over opioid prescriptions and 5 patient deaths

PHILADELPHIA  — A Pennsylvania doctor was indicted Thursday on 19 counts, including charges regarding the deaths of five patients he had prescribed opioids to, according to the Department of Justice. It alleges that Dr. Raymond Kraynak caused their deaths between 2013 and 2015 by “unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances to them.”
Prosecutors also say Kraynak prescribed nearly 3 million doses of opioids from January 2016 through July 2017.
Kraynak, 60,