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 improper 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 data present.
The 13-page go well with names the College of Washington Medical Heart and two UW surgeons, Nidhi Udyavar and Paul Herman, as defendants within the case.
Based on the go well with, George Piano visited the hospital’s emergency room on Dec. 6, for belly ache, was recognized 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 belly 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 belly cavity inflicting him to change into a lot sicker.”
George Piano and his spouse Elizabeth Piano (at left) filed a medical malpractice lawsuit Nov. 2. 2023 in King County Superior Courtroom in opposition to the College of Washington Drugs Heart and two docs following a Dec. 6, 2023 surgical procedure wherein they are saying docs eliminated the improper organ from George Piano’s physique throughout emergency surgical procedure.
Two days later, based on 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 similar hospital and docs eliminated his appendix.
Based on the lawsuit, a physician eliminated a chunk of diverticulitis on Piano’s decrease colon − not on his appendix − and he wanted one other surgical procedure to restore a “leaky colon” and deal with an belly an infection attributable to the Dec. 6 surgical procedure.
“It’s been a hell of a 12 months,” Piano informed USA TODAY Tuesday. “I’m not the identical individual 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 over the past 12 months, he spent 53 days within the hospital, misplaced about 40 kilos, has nervousness and has suffered short-term reminiscence loss on account of the alleged medical mishap.
He mentioned he and his spouse didn’t need 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 accountability and say this occurred − we have to take steps to ensure it doesn’t occur once more.”
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‘The absolute 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 offer the absolute best care to all of our sufferers; their security and well-being is deeply necessary 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 [email protected] and comply with her on X @nataliealund.
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