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VILLA RICA, Ga., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack E. Birge, M.D., describes his harrowing struggle to protect the quality of health care in his town and expose a corrupt leader in his new book, "Murder Without Death" (published by AuthorHouse - http://www.authorhouse.com/).

Birge graduated from Emory Medical School and had big dreams of becoming an academic surgeon and teaching at a prestigious medical school in a big city. Unfortunately, the needs to support his family and keep his marriage together proved to be barriers to this dream. When the opportunity to practice medicine in Carrollton, Ga., presented itself, Birge agreed to take this temporary assignment to save some money.

This assignment soon turned into the biggest challenge of Birge's medical career. In a small-town setting, he found himself deeply caring for his patients as friends as he supported them through hardships and tragedies. At that point, he knew he would never leave. After a decade of practice, he was appointed chief of the medical staff at the local hospital.

In his new leadership position, Birge discovered evidence that the chairman of the hospital board, who controlled the hospital and its finances, was taking money from the hospital and not providing adequately for patient care. In an effort to correct the injustice, Birge ran for city council and successfully led efforts to expose the fraud and remove the chairman from the board.

In response to these efforts, Birge says the chairman took revenge on him and his family, including planting marijuana in his son's house and charging him with selling and distributing. He claims that the chairman also tried to take advantage of his rocky personal life when his marriage ended and his ex- wife attempted suicide.

Amid the turmoil of this backlash, Birge still gained support from various people in the community, including a nurse he was dating who also worked at the hospital, an ex-cop and the chairman of the recreation board. In the end, Birge recalls that the chairman of the recreation board was killed under suspicious circumstances, the ex-cop was accused of stealing evidence and Birge and the nurse were arrested and convicted for obstruction of justice. "[It was] a neat little murder without death," he says. "The tyrant had won."

Birge was born in Muskogee, Okla. He holds a bachelor's degree in general science from Emory University, a master's degree in bacteriology and parasitology from the Medical College of Georgia and a Doctor of Medicine from the Emory University School of Medicine. He served in the Army for two years at Martin Hospital in Columbus, Ga. He has held many positions in the medical industry, including at hospitals, universities and private practices. He has also co-authored the book "Your Body's Red Light Warning Signals."

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