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Emory Hospital loses piece of patient's skull, charges him for it, lawsuit claims
https://www.yahoo.com ^
| August 19, 2024
| FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Posted on 08/21/2024 1:08:43 PM PDT by Enterprise
Fernando Cluster trusted Emory University Hospital Midtown to perform a delicate procedure requiring the temporary removal of part of his skull. But, when it was time to put the piece back, Cluster says medical personnel lost it – and then charged him thousands of dollars for it.
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Except, when preparing for the procedure on November 11, 2022, his bone flap was nowhere to be found.
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According to the lawsuit, Cluster would wait almost two weeks for a synthetic implant flap to be manufactured. His cranioplasty was rescheduled for November 23, 2022.
After the procedure, Cluster's family was allegedly charged $146,845.60, which included costs for the synthetic flap and the extra time he spent in the hospital.
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This lawsuit was filed on August 8, 2024.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: doh
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Uh, just write the check out.
To: Enterprise
It sounds like the hospital is trying to “scalp” him.
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:12:26 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
To: Enterprise
That “value-based healthcare” idea is REALLY paying dividends.
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:13:42 PM PDT
by
rarestia
(“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
To: Responsibility2nd
To: Enterprise
He needed that like he needed another hole in his head............
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:14:57 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Responsibility2nd
How do you ‘lose’ a piece of a patient’s skull?
Did it fall in the floor and a dog ate it?.................
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:16:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Enterprise
That comment just came to me “off the top of my head”.
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:19:22 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
To: Red Badger
Zombies. It’s always zombies. This hospital had a DEI policy in favor of zombies.
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:20:47 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
To: Red Badger
Someone probably tossed it in the medical waste bin. It’s not like they are going to go through that and fish it out.
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:21:17 PM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: Enterprise
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:22:57 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Enterprise
They gotta have a cracked skull and just plain outta their mind...
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:23:45 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Boogieman; Red Badger
Yes, I could see them throwing it away as medical waste. They probably thought it was just another aborted baby.
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:23:48 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
To: Red Badger
You wouldn’t believe the bull**** that can go wrong in hospitals and in healthcare, even under normal circumstances. But you also wouldn’t believe the bull**** regulations, payment delays, laws that are foisted upon hospitals, docs, nurses, and pharmacists.
It’s a Ball of Confusion. Thank you , Temptations....
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:29:07 PM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
To: Enterprise
I bet he has a bone to pick with that hospital.
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:38:15 PM PDT
by
Weirdad
(Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communifascism!))
To: Enterprise
The misplacement caused a flap!
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:52:49 PM PDT
by
Theophilus
(covfefe)
To: Weirdad
It was a heady realization for everyone.
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:57:28 PM PDT
by
Theophilus
(covfefe)
To: Red Badger
They thought it was all in his head.
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:58:24 PM PDT
by
Theophilus
(covfefe)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/21/2024 1:59:49 PM PDT
by
MikeSteelBe
(The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
To: MikeSteelBe
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posted on
08/21/2024 2:00:42 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/21/2024 2:11:24 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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