Re: FRI: Another frivolous lawsuit!
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Jul 16 13:12:25 2003
Well, Dan, I also took the Flex - that way I got my NY license a few
months after graduation.
art
At Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Braun, R. Daniel wrote:
>
>No!!!!
>I took the Texas State Board Exam.
>
>Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: art fougner, md [mailto:evsono@pipeline.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:18 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: 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
>
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art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
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