Emory Hospital is currently under fire after reportedly losing a patient’s bone skull flap and then charging him to have it replaced.
Emory Hospital is under fire after reportedly losing part of a patient’s skull bone and then charging him for the inconvenience.
Instead, Cluster’s family received a message in his MyChart, the platform Emory Hospital uses to communicate with its patients, stating that the bone flap “could not be found” as physicians were preparing for his surgery.
“We inspected the freezer where bone flaps are stored and could not find a bone flap with Mr. Cluster’s patient identification,” read the note written by Neurosurgeon Matthew Agam, MD. “There were several bone flaps with incomplete or missing patient identification, but we could not be certain which, if any, of these belonged to Mr. Cluster.”
“It is shocking that a medical provider like Emory would lose part of one of its patient’s skulls and then refuse to accept responsibility,” said Chloe Dallaire of the Hornsby Law Group, the attorney representing Cluster on behalf of her patient and his wife.
Moreover, Dallaire says that Cluster would go on to need another surgery due to an infection in the implant and has not been able to work since.
“We now have to live with the consequences of Emory’s negligence, including daily fear about another infection in my head and medical costs,” the statement continued. “We want to know if this has happened to other patients to see if they have been explained by Emory. Our goal is to make sure this never happens to another patient again.”
At this time, the lawsuit alleges that Cluster suffered emotionally, financially, and physically at the expense of Emory’s neglect.
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Source: Black Enterprise
