Posted on 01/04/2016 9:45:27 PM PST by BenLurkin
A double-lung transplant patient who contracted a mold infection during his stay at UPMC Presbyterian, sued the hospital for negligence today, claiming the hospital could have prevented the infection.
Che DuVall, 70, of Perryopolis, joined by his wife, Karen, sued the hospital in Allegheny Count Common Pleas Court, in a 21-page lawsuit that outlines a series of what his attorneys claim are missteps that led to him contracting rhizopus mucormycosis because of UPMC's own policies.
They ask for damages for pain, suffering, inconvenience, loss of wages, and loss of companionship for Mrs. DuVall.
Mr. DuVall, who is still an inpatient at Presbyterian battling the results of the infection, was one of four transplant patients - three at Presbyterian and one at the adjoining UPMC Montefiore - who contracted mold infections during a 14 month period in 2014 and 2015.
All of the other three patients died, including the other two patients who contracted similar fungal-sourced mold infections at Presbyterian and stayed in the exact same room as Mr. DuVall.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
One helluva a mold strain.
It’s Pittsburgh. They barely know soap there - let alone disinfectants.
I’m surprised a 70 year old was able to squeek by Obama Care for a double windbag R&R...
I’m guessing the new lungs, even with a bit of mold, are still a heck of a lot better than his old lungs...
So hard to kill once in the body.. I would have thoughts some of the AIDS treatments would have advanced enough to help.
Why would a 70 year old have private health insurance?
HellifIKnow, because they wanted a lung transplant? I’m not old enough to have to worry about post 65 medical issues and it’ll probably be gone or so screwed up I’d prefer ye olde barbrr then anyway...
Medicine tends to treat internal fungus invasions with steroids, Exactly the wrong thing. No carbs is the short loop to starving fungus.
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