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Posted on 06/13/2026 9:27:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
Americans have been assured that we’re importing the “best and brightest” foreigners the world has to offer.
So, when a story like this hits the internet, people are going to wonder what the hell is going on. Because the public has been sold a very specific story about these amazing standards, credentials, and competence from immigrants who come here to work and are placed in positions of tremendous trust.
Apparently, that’s not entirely true.
This case we’re about to share with you is a complete and total nightmare.
According to a lawsuit filed in Oregon by the parents of a 13-year-old girl, an Indian doctor at Oregon Health & Science University allegedly implanted her heart valve upside down. Of course, her heart wouldn’t work. This poor child spent 18 days hooked up to machines while doctors discussed end-of-life care and even organ donation.
The Indian surgeon’s name is Dr. Ashok Muralidaran, and the fact that he’s Indian is a major reason why this story has gone viral. How on earth could something this catastrophic happen inside a major American children’s hospital by a supposedly qualified surgeon?
He installed a child’s heart the wrong way. This is a horror show.
Melissa:
Horrifying medical malpractice by Indian doctor named Ashok Muralidaran at OHSU. A 13-year-old Oregon girl’s heart valve was implanted upside down during surgery by Dr. Ashok . Her heart wouldn’t restart. For 18 days she was on life support while doctors told her devastated parents she was dying, discussed end-of-life care, and even organ donation.
Seattle Children’s fixed the catastrophic error in one procedure. Her heart started working immediately. She’s now making a “miraculous recovery.”
This level of negligence is unforgivable. Praying for full healing for this brave girl.
The lawsuit is still pending, and OHSU can’t comment right now because of the litigation. But if this is true, this is the type of epic failure that raises some very serious questions about oversight, accountability, and how many checks failed before a 13-year-old girl ended up on life support.
It also has a lot of people rightfully questioning the “best and brightest” narrative that’s been shoved down our throats for decades.
And it’s not just the left that pushes this messaging. Republicans have also been doing it for years now. Even President Trump pushes this idea.
And look, we get it. There’s talent all over the world. But there are also subpar standards in many countries, which means their “best” would actually be our worst. And it’s fair to talk about that openly… it’s actually a safety issue at this point.
The full article shows just how terrifying this was for the family. The girl’s parents were supposedly told her heart was failing because of the “shock of surgery,” while the real problem was something way more basic and horrifying.
Oregon Live:
The parents of a 13-year-old Oregon girl have filed a $17 million lawsuit against Oregon Health & Science University, contending that their daughter’s heart wouldn’t restart after surgical staff at the Portland hospital mistakenly installed a heart valve upside down.
Steven and Lori Stokes say their daughter endured a harrowing 18 days hooked up to heart-pumping and blood-oxygenation machines before doctors in Seattle discovered the error.
In the days leading up to that discovery, the Stokeses’ lawsuit says OHSU told them their daughter’s heart was malfunctioning because of the “shock” of surgery. According to the suit, a palliative care team had begun talking to the family about “end-of-life decision making” and asked whether they wanted to donate their daughter’s organs to others.
The lawsuit alleges that OHSU told the family that their daughter would need an artificial heart or a donor heart, but that the hospital couldn’t perform the procedure and that she was so critically ill that she might not survive the transport to an out-of-state hospital. The suit says the Stokeses embarked on a last-ditch plan to transfer their daughter to Seattle Children’s Hospital and that it was there that they learned that OHSU medical staff had installed the valve the wrong way.
The suit says Seattle surgical staff replaced the upside-down valve with a new one that was positioned the right way and that solved the teen’s problem.
“(The girl’s) heart promptly began functioning sufficiently well that she was successfully removed from cardiac bypass and no longer required ECMO,” the lawsuit states. ECMO refers to the heart-lung machines that helped keep the teen alive for 18 days.
Dear God, this poor family was being slow-walked toward the unthinkable while another hospital found and fixed the alleged problem in one procedure.
This whole mess could’ve gone even more wrong.
Oregon Live:
An OHSU spokesperson declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. Dr. Ashok Muralidaran — the surgeon at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital who the suit says led the original Aug. 14, 2025, surgery on the teen — didn’t respond to a request for comment.
“It’s a complete and egregious screw-up,” said Robert Wagner, the Portland attorney representing the Stokeses.
Wagner said the teen’s health has dramatically improved since the Sept. 2, 2025, surgery in which Seattle doctors corrected the problem.
“She is making a miraculous recovery,” he said.
The suit seeks about $4 million for medical bills, most of it to pay for care at OHSU and Seattle Children’s Hospital. It seeks the rest for the teen’s “prolonged hospitalization” and “permanent physical and emotional injury,” as well as her parents’ “emotional trauma” and “profound suffering.”
It’s really shocking that it took 18 long days to find this mistake.
This story is heartbreaking, pun intended.
But it also comes at a time when Americans are seriously questioning the immigration system… yes, even the legal one.
Because this story and many others like it are starting to prove that the “best and brightest” slogan may not be real.
We deserve real answers.
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His voting record was solid blue, so there it is.
The bright kids used to become doctors, lawyers and engineers with a few going into business.
But the number of doctors was restricted so the bright kids more and more became lawyers.
My wife just had a repair on a valve. No kidding, when I asked why a repair and not a replacement he rattled off a couple of reasons…then he said, “and if we only repair it we don’t have to worry about putting it in wrong.”
The doctor was a friend of my wife’s…so we were used to a little levity. We all laughed. Until I read this article. I will have to ask him if putting them in the wrong way is really a “thing.”
Of course the first stop after the valve repair was the cath lab where they took images of the flow after the repair to be sure it was working correctly. I don’t know if that is a standard procedure or if my wife’s history had something to do with it.
“You had ONE JOB!”
Surgeons occasionally remove the wrong (non-cancerous) breast from patients, then have to go back and take the other off too. It happens. The legal system sorts it out with insurance companies.
“Something tells me this might not be the case.”
It depends on who’s counting the tally in the book and who’s writing for the news.
wy69
diversity (some days install right side up, some days upside down) equity (sometimes good results, sometimes bad results), and inclusion (anyone gets to play doctor).
I’d get another doctor.................
Harbor Freight!..................
Aunt B, do you use MyChart? I haven’t had any luck on the phone in years.
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