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As the point man for saving cancer patients, Dr. Tedd Collins was described as a Man on a Mission.

Now people are wondering whether Collins’ true mission was to help patients or himself. The Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating two charities Collins set up to aid Mandi Schwartz (pictured right)

She’s a Yale hockey player who is battling leukemia. Her quest to find a bone-marrow donor has been one of the year’s biggest heart-tugging stories.

If it rings a faint bell with you, that’s part of the problem Collins has dropped on Mandi. People may smell a scam and want nothing more to do with it. I wouldn’t blame them after revelations of Collins’ wheeling and dealing came out this week.

It could hurt the last-minute search for a suitable donor for Mandi. It could hurt fundraising efforts on behalf of her and similar cancer victims. And worst of all, somebody might think the Schwartz family, Yale and everybody who rallied for her cause is in on the swindle.

The fact is Collins has made them all victims.

Thanks, Doc.

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