Medical doctors take away fallacious organ from Washington man throughout surgical procedure
A Washington man who went to the emergency room over abdomen pains is suing a hospital and two docs after he claims surgeons eliminated the fallacious organ from his physique throughout surgical procedure.
George Piano and his spouse Elizabeth Piano, from Lake Forest Park, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit Nov. 2 in King County Superior Courtroom following the Dec. 6 alleged botched surgical procedure, courtroom information present.
The 13-page go well with names the College of Washington Medical Middle and two UW surgeons, Nidhi Udyavar and Paul Herman, as defendants within the case.
In keeping with the go well with, George Piano visited the hospital’s emergency room on Dec. 6, for stomach ache, was identified with appendicitis, and brought into surgical procedure so docs might take away his appendix.
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‘The bowel contents started to spill’
However throughout surgical procedure, the go well with claims, docs have been unable to find the affected person’s appendix and, as a substitute, eliminated part of his bowel.
“Following surgical procedure, Mr. Piano started to expertise stomach ache which was worse than earlier than his surgical procedure,” his attorneys Ed Moore and Van Shaw wrote in a press launch. “The bowel contents started to spill into his stomach cavity inflicting him to change into a lot sicker.”
Two days later, in response to the discharge, Piano was suggested {that a} CT scan revealed his appendix was by no means eliminated through the surgical procedure. On Dec. 8, Piano went again into surgical procedure on the identical hospital and docs eliminated his appendix.
In keeping with the lawsuit, a physician eliminated a bit of diverticulitis on Piano’s decrease colon − not on his appendix − and he wanted one other surgical procedure to restore a “leaky colon” and handle an stomach an infection brought on by the Dec. 6 surgical procedure.
“It’s been a hell of a yr,” Piano advised USA TODAY Tuesday. “I’m not the identical particular person I used to be when this began.’
“Once I awakened and got here out of the medication, I used to be in critical ache. A lot worse than I had been in after I went to the hospital,” he mentioned.
Piano mentioned that during the last yr, he spent 53 days within the hospital, misplaced about 40 kilos, has anxiousness and has suffered short-term reminiscence loss on account of the alleged medical mishap.
He mentioned he and his spouse didn’t wish to file the lawsuit, however “after getting no response from the hospital,” they determined to.
“I really feel very fortunate that I’m nonetheless alive,”he mentioned. “We didn’t need it to occur to another person. Somebody wanted to place a cease to this and take duty and say this occurred − we have to take steps to verify it doesn’t occur once more.”
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‘The very best care’
Susan Gregg, spokesperson for the College of Washington Drugs, mentioned the hospital couldn’t touch upon pending litigation however launched the next assertion to USA TODAY on Tuesday.
“UW Drugs strives to supply the absolute best care to all of our sufferers; their security and well-being is deeply vital to us.”
The go well with seeks financial damages and calls for a jury trial.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Attain her at nalund@usatoday.com and comply with her on X @nataliealund.
