BROOKFIELD, Wis. – Two Brookfield doctors are charged with child abuse and causing mental harm to a child.
A physician’s oath is “first, do no harm,” but Brookfield police say two doctors didn’t practice that this week.
Prosecutors charged both Iyad Azzam and Wiaam Taha with two counts of felony child abuse and three counts of causing mental harm to a child.
Azzam is listed as an “interventional cardiology” doctor who sees patients at Froedtert and the Zablocki VA Medical Center.
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FOX6 is not identifying the minors involved to protect their identities. According to prosecutors, Azzam beat one of them for “two hours” inside a Brookfield home.
Police say Azzam hit a minor with a belt on their “head, back, spine and hands.”
Brookfield police say Taha watched it happen and tried to cover the bruises with make-up. A victim says Taha also hit them.
In another incident, prosecutors say Azzam choked, threatened to shoot, and held a child over a railing. At one point, investigators say a victim told Azzam they were going to throw up and Azzam told them he “would make [them] drink it if [they] did.”
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