Medical Malpractice
Court tosses case against elderly patient’s nurses
On March 13, a judge dismissed a case against Christus Hospital-St. Elizabeth that claimed its nurses were to blame for a patient’s death. Helen Gibson, 79, underwent inguinal hernia repair surgery performed by Dr. S. Scott Kacy. An exploratory laparotomy after surgery found a colon perforation with an abscess, necrosis and peritonitis. She died several months later. Her estate sued Kacy, who settled in mediation before trial, and the case proceeded against the hospital. Plaintiff’s counsel argued that nurses failed to properly monitor her bowel function. Defense counsel for the hospital argued that any actions or lack of actions by the nurses played no part in Gibson’s death.
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