The Operation Was a Success But the Patient Died!(Brief Article)

Publication: Medical Law's Regan Report

Publication Date: 01-DEC-00

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CAN A CARDIOLOGIST PERFORM CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY WITHOUT A DUTY TO FOLLOW UP ON HIS PATIENT? That was just one of the issues with which the Alabama courts were confronted in this case. By-pass surgery was successful. However, when the patient was transferred to a rehabilitation facility, her surgical wound became infected. Despite several calls by physicians at the rehabilitation facility to several surgical team residents, no one followed up on the patient after a visit by one team member.

MARGARET HICKS UNDERWENT A CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS AT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM (UAB) HOSPITAL ON AUGUST 30, 1996. Her surgeon was Dr. Albert Pacifico, who routinely performed the procedure. Dr. Pacifico was assisted by his cardiovascular-surgery...

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