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Posted on 06/09/2026 5:53:14 AM PDT by CFW
The parents of a 13-year-old girl filed a lawsuit against Oregon Health and Science University after doctors told them their daughter was dying — but it turned out surgeons had installed her new heart valve upside down, according to the complaint.
Steven and Lori Stokes filed a $17 million lawsuit against OHSU and Dr. Ashok Muralidaran, who performed the surgery, in Multnomah County Circuit Court, alleging negligence in medical care.
On Aug. 15, 2025, an OHSU surgical team led by Dr. Muralidaran performed open-heart surgery on the girl to implant a heart valve. The procedure required surgeons to stop her heart while she was on cardiac bypass, the complaint states. After the surgery, doctors were unable to get her heart restarted. She was placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO — a system that mechanically pumps blood through a heart-lung machine, which reoxygenates it and circulates it back into the body.
Doctors told her parents the procedure went "very well" and that her heart was likely not working correctly because of the "shock" of surgery, according to court documents. They said ECMO would allow her body to rest and begin functioning properly. But that didn't happen.
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I hope the parents and child get every dollar they are asking for. Plus some.
“In short, OHSU advised her parents that if their daughter remained at the hospital she would die, but that she was now so “gravely ill” that she would likely die en route to another medical center that might be able to save her life, the lawsuit claims.
Her parents chose the latter, taking the risk of having her transported to Seattle Children’s Hospital the next day. Her condition had deteriorated gravely and she was “very near death,” according to the lawsuit.
In Seattle, doctors performed multiple procedures to remove accumulated blood, clots and fluid from her open chest incision and adjusted the ECMO system.
Eventually, a scan of her heart revealed that the prosthetic valve OHSU surgeons had implanted was not positioned properly. It was during subsequent surgery that doctors discovered the valve had been implanted upside down, and was therefore not functioning as intended, according to the complaint.”
Here’s the negligence factor:
Eventually, a scan of her heart revealed that the prosthetic valve OHSU surgeons had implanted was not positioned properly. It was during subsequent surgery that doctors discovered the valve had been implanted upside down, and was therefore not functioning as intended, according to the complaint.
Maybe they didn’t know that the head is considered “up” in the US.
“In short, OHSU advised her parents that if their daughter remained at the hospital she would die, but that she was now so “gravely ill” that she would likely die en route to another medical center that might be able to save her life, the lawsuit claims.
Thankfully, she was transported and survived the trip. They had to take the chance.
Now, if Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston) would only allow a transfer for 2 year old near drowning victim, Annelise Camp ... her parents are attempting to move her to another hospital ... with HBOT and other treatments TCH doesn’t have/won’t allow ...
https://x.com/SteveTothTX/status/2063002059373171038?s=20
Oregon allows people to identify as surgeons.
Liberalism kills.
Here is one from last year.
A 35-year-old Indian-origin paramedic in Louisiana just pleaded guilty to faking a medical degree and residency letter. He wore “M.D.” insignia, gained access to ICU patients, and forged prescriptions -including for a cancer patient - all while never attending medical school.
Right? Dr. Ashok Muralidaran. No way I would let him operate on me.
Implanted UPSIDE DOWN.
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Ridiculous, outrageous, someone needs to lose their license.
Front towards enemy😂
I’ll take a wait and see....There’s big pieces of this story missing.
I have two great cardiologists and they are both Indian as were my two endocrinologists. There are some great Indian doctors out there.
It amazes me that she spent 6 days in OHSU and they did not know the valve was in upside down. OHSU couldn’t do a scan? When they told the family that the girl was dying, what did they base that on? Maybe the doctor who did the surgery was incompetent but no one else was brought in to consult who did other tests? 6 days went by with no other tests and once the girl was transported to another hospital, they immediately saw that the valve was upside down.
The whole hospital needs to be shut down.
They doubled down on their LGBTYAGI+ Idiot surgeon’s screw up hoping the kid would just die, so they could cover it up.
I’ll bet you big money this happens a lot more then we see.
Whole hospital decided to Cover their butts instead of admit they screwed up, gambling that they would let the kid die and no one would find out.
And then take all the money and run.
Only $17 million?
It would make more sense installing it upside down if he was from Australia instead of India.
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