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Re: FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit! From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Wed Jul 16 11:13:16 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: rmodugno@aol.com: "Rural hospitals labor to staff delivery rooms" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!" Next in thread: jescnm@icehouse.net: "Re: FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!" Reply: jescnm@icehouse.net: "Re: FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!" Reply: Glen Elrod MD: "Re: FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!" This case speaks volumes in favor of a national license rather that the current system of 50 fiefdoms we have now. After all, we did take the NATIONAL boards, no? btw was that a home depot screwdriver, lowes, sears or true value? art At Wed, 16 Jul 2003, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: > >Glad this wasn't an OB-GYN.... > >Joe P. > >-- > >HILO, Hawaii (AP) -- A surgeon accused of inserting a piece of a >screwdriver into a patient's spine, instead of a titanium rod, has been >sued for malpractice. > >Rosalinda Iturralde, the sister of the patient who died last month, filed >suit against Dr. Robert Ricketson. It was at least the eighth time >Ricketson has been sued for malpractice, attorneys said. > >According to the suit, filed Monday, when Arturo Iturralde underwent spine >surgery in 2001, Ricketson had already had his medical license suspended in >Oklahoma and revoked in Texas. His license was under review in Hawaii. > >After the surgery began, the lawsuit claims, the doctor realized the rod he >planned to insert was missing. The plaintiff says Ricketson used a hacksaw >to cut a stainless steel screwdriver, then tightened it into place in the >patient's spine. > >Days later, the screwdriver snapped in half and Iturralde again underwent >surgery for its removal. A nurse who later found it in the trash notified >the family, attorneys said. > >Iturralde underwent more surgeries, but eventually became a paraplegic. > >Rosalinda Iturralde contends her brother died June 18 at age 76 because of >complications from the surgery. > >Efforts to find an address or phone number for Ricketson, 48, were >unsuccessful. He applied for a medical license in Kansas last year, but >later withdrew the application. > -- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker Next message: rmodugno@aol.com: "Rural hospitals labor to staff delivery rooms" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!" Next in thread: jescnm@icehouse.net: "Re: FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!" Reply: jescnm@icehouse.net: "Re: FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!" Reply: Glen Elrod MD: "Re: FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!"

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