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They shouldn't just be able to sue, they should own the hospital and get the surgeon's 1st born to be their slave.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294414,00.html
Man Dies After Surgeon Operates on Wrong Side of Head
Friday, August 24, 2007
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An 86-year-old man has died three weeks after a surgeon operated on the wrong side of his head, and state health authorities were investigating whether the mistake contributed to his death.
The patient, whose name wasn't released, died Saturday. The state medical examiner was determining the cause of death, according to a spokeswoman for the state health department.
The man underwent emergency surgery at Rhode Island Hospital on July 30 to treat bleeding in his brain, according to a state report released Thursday.
A nurse prac ioner for Dr. Frederick Harrington didn't record which side of the man's brain required surgery. When another nurse pointed out the missing information, Harrington allegedly relied on his memory without consulting a CT chart and began operating on the wrong side. Upon realizing the error during the surgery, the surgeon operated on the correct side.
In the surgical team's haste to treat the patient, it didn't follow proper procedures, said Dr. Mary Reich Cooper, vice president and chief quality office for Lifespan, the parent company of Rhode Island Hospital.
The hospital has suspended Harrington's surgical privileges, and he has agreed to stop performing surgery until an evaluation is complete. Harrington did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
The incident marked the third wrong-side surgery error in the hospital's neurosurgery unit in six years. Health officials have ordered the hospital to hire a consultant to review its surgical safety procedures and to ensure that two physicians confirm the site of each surgery.
Harrington also operated on the wrong side of a patient's head during a surgery at Roger Williams Medical Center in September.
After reviewing that incident, the state Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline decided there were mitigating cir stances and opted to create a remediation plan for Harrington rather than publicly sanction him, said Dr. Robert Crausman, the board's chief administrative officer.
Crausman said the board determined Harrington had a good record, was summoned to the hospital for an early morning emergency and was credited with saving the patient's life.
Simple yes or no question for those who are against evil trial lawyers.
Does this man's family have the right to sue this hospital and doctor?
They shouldn't just be able to sue, they should own the hospital and get the surgeon's 1st born to be their slave.
You would think that after the FIRST incorrect side of head surgery the Hospital would fine tune their practices to get it right. But 3 in 6 years?
I don't know how you could answer no to that question. And I am pretty much anti "evil trial lawyers".
Hmmmmm, which side was the wrong side. Could it have been
the left side or the right side. Got to be some politics in this
thread somewhere.
No, they should not have the right to sue. This was a mistake made out of haste in the course of an emergency surgery to save the man's life.
An appropriate course of action would be to fine the facility and force it to improve its surgical safety procedures, as is already being done.
86? , 75% of the people here won't it make to 86.
Keep him painless and let him go.
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