A Washington man who went to the emergency room over abdomen pains is suing a hospital and two medical doctors after he claims surgeons eliminated the incorrect 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 Court following the Dec. 6 alleged botched surgical procedure, court docket data present.
The 13-page go well with names the University of Washington Medical Center and two UW surgeons, Nidhi Udyavar and Paul Herman, as defendants within the case.
According to the go well with, George Piano visited the hospital’s emergency room on Dec. 6, for stomach ache, was recognized with appendicitis, and brought into surgical procedure so medical doctors may take away his appendix.
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‘The bowel contents started to spill’
But throughout surgical procedure, the go well with claims, medical doctors have been unable to find the affected person’s appendix and, as an alternative, 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 turn out to be 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 in the course of the surgical procedure. On Dec. 8, Piano went again into surgical procedure on the identical hospital and medical doctors eliminated his appendix.
According to 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 stomach an infection brought on by the Dec. 6 surgical procedure.
“It’s been a hell of a year,” Piano instructed USA TODAY Tuesday. “I’m not the same person I was when this started.’
“When I woke up and came out of the drugs, I was in serious pain. Much worse than I had been in when I went to the hospital,” he stated.
Piano stated that during the last 12 months, he spent 53 days within the hospital, misplaced about 40 kilos, has nervousness and has suffered short-term reminiscence loss because of the alleged medical mishap.
He stated he and his spouse didn’t need to file the lawsuit, however “after getting no response from the hospital,” they determined to.
“I feel very lucky that I’m still alive,”he stated. “We didn’t want it to happen to someone else. Someone needed to put a stop to this and take responsibility and say this happened − we need to take steps to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
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‘The absolute best care’
Susan Gregg, spokesperson for the University of Washington Medicine, stated the hospital couldn’t touch upon pending litigation however launched the next assertion to USA TODAY on Tuesday.
“UW Medicine strives to offer the very best care to all of our sufferers; their security and well-being is deeply essential 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. Reach her at [email protected] and observe her on X @nataliealund.
