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Jury Awards $21M After Mistaken Brain Surgery

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Via:  randy2  •  10 years ago  •  9 comments

Jury Awards $21M After Mistaken Brain Surgery

1675_discussions.jpeg 81-year-old patient died after procedure she didn't need, says family lawyer

(Newser) An 81-year-old Michigan woman went to the hospital for a relatively simple jaw procedure and ended up having brain surgery because of a mix-up in CT scans, her family says. Bimla Nayyar never recovered and died two months after the 2012 procedure, reports the Detroit News . Now a jury has awarded her family $21 million over what its attorney calls "the most shocking abuse I have ever seen." Oakwood Hospital plans to appeal, saying, "We're very concerned about how the details of this case have been portrayed," but it did not elaborate because the case is still in the courts.

Nayyar's family maintains that hospital workers mixed up her CT scan with one from another patient who actually did need brain surgery. Attorney Geoffey Fieger says doctors removed the right side of her skull, and "poked around in her brain before realizing they had the wrong patient." The family also accuses the hospital of trying to cover up the mistake. The size of the award is remarkable given the patient's age, suggesting that the family made a strong case, an attorney not involved tells the Detroit Free Press .

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Randy
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link   seeder  Randy    10 years ago

It's cases like this is that is the reason I am opposed to limits on jury awards in malpractice cases.

 
 
 
Kavika
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link   Kavika     10 years ago

I have to agree with that MM.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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link   Hal A. Lujah    10 years ago
Jesus Christ - I can only hope that when I'm 81, some hospital fucks up and kills me by accident, so that my family may enjoy a $21,000,000 award. Of course they screwed up, but the award is outrageous. This is why your privatized medical insurance premium is the highest in the world.
 
 
 
Randy
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link   seeder  Randy    10 years ago

I went into the hospital about 8 years ago to have a kidney stone removed from my left kidney. When I was in the prep room before they put me under my doctor came in a drew a black arrow on my left thigh with a magic marker. I asked him what that was for and he said all the urologists he knows do the same thing so that when they get the camera and laser into the bladder it reminds them which kidney they need to go to. Smart doctor!

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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link   Hal A. Lujah    10 years ago
What if they fucked up and put Robert's penis into your body during the much needed transplant?
 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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link   Hal A. Lujah    10 years ago
So what your saying is that your brain is frequently starved of oxygen. It's all making sense now.
 
 
 
Petey Coober
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link   Petey Coober    10 years ago

There is no reason you have to depend on your doctor to do that . Bring in your own sharpie and draw an arrow yourself ...

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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link   Hal A. Lujah    10 years ago
If you need two hands, then all your blood would be draining away from your brain every time you whack off. Based on how often you talk about yourself masturbating, I'd say your brain rarely sees blood at all ... which is probably why I had to break that down for you. Leave your enormous penis alone for a day and let your brain have a little oxygen - don't worry, the midget porn and bestiality sites aren't going anywhere.
 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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link   Perrie Halpern R.A.    10 years ago

OK I have a question to ask you.

What do you think would have been a reasonable amount for killing an 81 year old lady and then covering it up?

 
 
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