Dr. Orlando Cano, a former

Fayetteville physician serving a year in jail for inappropriately touching

two female employees, is hoping to get sprung from lockup on a medical

waiver.

Cano's attorney, Theodore

H. Lackland, has petitioned the court to modify Cano's sentence "to

take into account his apparently deteriorating physical condition."

State Court Judge Fletcher

Sams took no action at a hearing Wednesday morning, waiting to hear if

the medical findings warrant a change in Cano's sentence.

Lackland said Wednesday that

Cano, 66, thinks he suffered from a heart attack while at the Fayette

County Jail, where he has served 105 days of his 12-month sentence. Cano

formerly practiced at Monarch OB/GYN, which had locations in Fayetteville

and Henry County.

Cano can no longer practice

medicine according to a condition of the probation he will serve once

he is released from jail. Cano also has to pay a $10,000 fine as part

of his sentence, which was handed down in September after a jury found

him guilty of two counts of sexual battery.

In December, Cano pled no contest

to one count of simple battery for having inappropriate contact with a

female patient.

State Court Solicitor Steve

Harris noted that jail officials had taken Cano to be checked out by a

doctor at Southern Regional, but Cano refused treatment at the time. That

was because Cano was skittish; he thought the hospital was going to perform

surgery, not an exam, Lackland said.

"We will submit to the

test," Lackland said.

According to a letter from

Cano's cardiologist, he has suffered at least one heart attack in

the past and it is recommended he undergo a heart catheterization to determine

if surgery is necessary.

A jail staffer present at the

hearing said Cano would be taken