Dr. Frank Edgar Ramsey, 83, who was once hailed as a pioneer of emergency medicine, has been arrested and charged with assault and battery and felony object sexual penetration.

The charges stem from an incident last week at HCA's Chippenham Hospital, according to police.

"Nobody can believe it," said Miles Turner from Law Enforcement Consulting LLC, who knew Ramsey from the Chippenham emergency room throughout his own public safety career.

"He's well known in the EMS, ER, public safety community. He worked in the ER for decades. When I did EMS, I dealt with him," Turner said.

Ramsey worked as an emergency room doctor at Chippenham Hospital until retiring at age 80. He had recently been working part-time at a Patient First location on Genito Road in Chesterfield County as recently as mi

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