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The suspension was the culmination of an investigation launched after more than a dozen complaints about Miller were filed, all having to do with his conduct regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and\/or treatment thereof.<\/p>\n\n<p>Among them were allegations that Miller prescribed medicine without seeing patients, actively interfered with patient care in hospitals, and engaged in &ldquo;a hostile and threatening public campaign against hospitals and doctors.&rdquo; Complainants also alleged that Miller&rsquo;s use of social media was also detrimental to general medical practice because of his disdain for masks. 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