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Former Michigan oncologist Farid Fata has filed another motion for compassionate release, more than a decade after he was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison.

Survivors and family members of people treated by Fata say they continue to suffer from the consequences of his actions and oppose his release.

Patty Hester, 72, said Fata treated her for cancer she never had. She now requires weekly infusions to survive, she told Local 4.

Fata was arrested in 2013 on federal health care fraud charges involving unnecessary cancer treatments. He pleaded guilty to 16 federal charges in 2014 and was sentenced to 45 years in prison in 2015.

Over a decade after disgraced Michigan oncologist Farid Fata was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison, he's once again asking for compassionate release. His victims aren't having it.

 I don't look at him as even being human - It's just pure evil,  said 72-year-old Patty Hester of Clarkston.

She said Fata treated her for cancer she never even had.

Now, Hester says she requires weekly infusions just to survive, and she's far from the only victim still dealing with the consequences.

 People are still hurting,  Hester said.  People are struggling. Everyone that I know that's alive that was treated by him are struggling physically. 


 We all felt cheated by the system'

Hester is among hundreds of people who recently received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice notifying them that Fata is once again seeking early release from prison. The letter, dated Sept. 29, said Fata filed the motion Sept. 15.

 Are you kidding? Nothing will stop me from - I mean, until I'm dead - to fight him from ever getting out because he destroyed people,  Hester said.

Another man, who said his father died while under Fata's care, called the former doctor a murderer and told Local 4,  We all felt cheated by the 

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