Pieces of tubing left in man during botched VA surgeries: suit
BY MONIFA THOMAS Health Reporter mjthomas@suntimes.com
A man claiming that surgeons at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center left a rubber tube in his abdomen during surgery is suing the hospital for more than $50,000.
James E. Taylor filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday, alleging that his colon and abdomen were permanently damaged as a result of two botched surgeries at the veterans hospital at 820 S. Damen.
The first surgery, which took place Oct. 26, 2006, was to repair a hernia, Taylor's attorney Albert Brooks Friedman said. During that operation, part of a Penrose drain -- a surgical device placed in a wound to drain fluid -- was left inside Taylor's abdominal cavity, the suit claims.
The tube was discovered during a second surgery at the VA hospital last year, the suit said.
But "when they removed that foreign body, they left another piece in him," Friedman said. "There was just a string of negligent things that occurred."
Taylor had a third surgery to remove the remnants of the tube, incurring additional medical expenses in the process, Friedman said.
Raymond Leber, a spokesman for the medical center, declined to comment on the suit Saturday, saying he was not aware it.
The suit seeks more than $50,000 in damages.
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Like other hospitals the VA has it's own problems with doctors who overlook things when they are doing sugeries, and there are always 2 sides to every story, I look forward to seeing how this is settled.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Pieces of tubing left in man during botched VA surgeries: suit
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