Judge Claims Medical Malpractice
According reports from Miami, judge Nelson Bailey has filed a lawsuit against physicians at a Florida medical center after a sponge was left in him after surgery. Judge Nelson underwent surgery to treat diverticulitis (an inflammation of the digestive tract), but following his operation the pain persisted. The judge was sent for a CT scan, but incredibly the sponge was not detected. Only months later did doctors in Cleveland recognize the problem and removed a foot long surgical sponge from his intestine. Judge Bailey also claims that while undergoing treatment at the same Florida hospital doctors made a prescription error that potentially could have caused him to have a serious cardiac event.
Scott J. Eldredge a medical malpractice attorney at Burg Simpson believes that this case should act as a warning to patients. “Medical malpractice is all too common. Given advances in modern medicine and hospital working practices, surgical and pharmacy errors such as these really should not happen. Unfortunately preventable mistakes like these do still happen.”
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