A Washington man is suing a hospital and two of its doctors for malpractice for allegedly removing the wrong organ during surgery, nearly costing him his life.
“It’s been a tough year,” George Piano, 72, told USA Today while detailing the alleged accident, which he said happened on Dec. 6, 2022 at Northwestern Washington University Medical Center.
According to the 13-page lawsuit she filed last week, the Lake Forest Park resident visited the facility’s emergency room with stomach pains, then doctors diagnosed her with appendicitis and said her appendix had to go.
Piano says things didn’t go as planned.
“When I woke up and came off the drugs, I was in terrible pain,” he said. “Worse than what I had when I went to the hospital.”
George Piano and his wife, Betsy, live in Washington. Law Offices of Edward H. Moore, PC He is suing the hospital and two of its doctors for malpractice for allegedly removing the wrong organ during surgery, nearly costing him his life.KIRO 7
He claims doctors were unable to locate his appendix and ended up removing part of his lower colon.
A CT scan two days later revealed the inflamed appendix was still there, prompting Piano to have it extracted at UWMCN, local CBS affiliate KIRO-TV reported.
Meanwhile, doctors allegedly punctured her colon during the initial surgery, causing the contents to spill into her abdominal cavity and making her “more sick.”
“I had a leaky colon that caused sepsis and infection,” Piano told KIRO. “And I almost died because of it.”
According to a 13-page lawsuit she filed last week, she visited the emergency room at Northwestern Washington University Medical Center for abdominal pain, then doctors diagnosed her with appendicitis and said her appendix had to go.KHQ-TV She claims doctors were unable to locate her appendix and finally removed part of his lower colon. KIRO 7
Piano said he underwent another surgery to repair his colon and manage the infection.
He claimed that when the surgeon who performed the alleged appendectomy failed to deal with the situation eight days later, “he seemed to make light of it.”
Personal injury attorney Edward Moore, who represents Piano, called the ordeal “bewildering.”
“I’ve never heard of someone who couldn’t locate an attachment,” Moore told KIRO. “To cause this kind of harm and disruption is mind-boggling.”
“UW Medicine strives to provide the best care to all of our patients; their safety and well-being is very important to us,” said the hospital in a statement. KIRO 7
Surgeons Nidhi Udyavar and Paul Herman are named in the suit.
A representative for Washington University Medicine said the hospital could not comment on pending litigation, but instead provided a statement to USA Today.
“UW Medicine strives to provide the best care to all of our patients; their safety and well-being is of the utmost importance to us,” it read.
Piano said he underwent four additional surgeries, spent 53 days in the hospital, needed an ileostomy bag, lost about 40 pounds, had a pool-ball-sized wound on his stomach for months, and suffered from anxiety, short-term memory loss and severe pain.
“It’s been a tough journey,” Piano told KIRO.
He is seeking a jury trial and monetary damages, although the exact dollar amount is unknown.
Piano said he suffered from anxiety, short-term memory loss and severe pain. KIRO 7
“I’m not the same person I was when I started,” Piano lamented to KIRO.
He hopes the lawsuit will help prevent other hospital patients from finding themselves in the same situation.
“Somebody needs to stop this and take responsibility and say this is happening — we need to take steps to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” Piano said.
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