Doctor Pedro Publio Bosch says he did not prescribe hCG to Manny Ramirez

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Doctor says he's never prescribed hCG
ESPN
The statement from Pedro Publio Bosch, 71, comes 15 days after an ESPN report that said investigators were looking into Bosch and his son, Anthony Bosch, 45, for their connection to Ramirez. Sources said Bosch allegedly provided Ramirez with a prescription for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is banned by baseball as a performance-enhancing drug. [...]

"I consider the allegations of ESPN outrageous and slanderous, and issue this statement to correct the misrepresentations made by ESPN," said the statement, released by a Miami-area public relations firm. "First, Mr. Manny Ramirez is not, nor has he ever been my patient. I have never prescribed drugs of any kind whatsoever to Mr. Ramirez.

"Second, in my thirty-three years of practicing medicine in Coral Gables, Florida, I have never prescribed HCG, not to Mr. Manny Ramirez nor to anyone else."

Bosch's statement also said, "to the best of my knowledge there is no DEA investigation involving me in any matter whatsoever."

The existence of the investigation was confirmed, however, by both Major League Baseball and a federal law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. [...]

Bosch's statement makes no reference to his son Anthony, who sources said is believed to have been a conduit between his father and Ramirez. Investigators would like to know whether the Boschs may have been connected to other athletes.