Albuquerque: A man in the Southwestern US state of New Mexico has been granted over $412 million in a medical malpractice case by jurors, according to local reports. The decision was made against NuMale Medical Center for what the attorneys described as “fraud” and “unfair” business practices, local TV channel KRQE reported.

According to Anadolu Agency, the lawsuit stated that in 2017, the man, then in his seventies, sought treatment for fatigue and weight loss at NuMale’s clinic in Albuquerque, the state’s largest city. Attorneys highlighted that the clinic misdiagnosed the man and treated him with unnecessary “invasive erectile dysfunction shots,” which resulted in permanent damage.

The case brought to light the practices of NuMale Medical Center, with trial lawyer Nick Rowley emphasizing that the clinic’s approach was a “corporate scheme” exploiting fear to manipulate patients into undergoing unwarranted treatments.