Industry News | 09.09.24
A Georgia Hospital Temporarily Removed Part of a Man's Skull. Employees Lost the Bone, Lawsuit Says
By NAMSS Staff
CNN (08/17/24) Williams, Ashley R.
A couple has filed a lawsuit against Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta after they say staffers lost a piece of the husband's skull following his brain surgery. Fernando and Melinda Cluster charge that the hospital demonstrated "simple negligence" and caused them "physical and emotional pain and suffering, and unnecessary medical bills," according to the civil lawsuit recently filed in DeKalb County. Fernando Cluster was admitted to the facility on Sept. 30, 2022, and subsequently diagnosed with an intracerebral hemorrhage. He underwent a decompressive hemicraniectomy, which involved removing a part of Cluster's skull, or "bone flap." Two months later, when Cluster returned for a scheduled follow-up surgery, the hospital supposedly could not locate the bone flap.
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