A hospital is being sued when a patient died after he underwent surgery for a stab wound
“Allen, 33, of Gary died in the hospital on Oct. 24, five days after he was admitted with a stab wound, and four days after he underwent surgery for the injury . . .
. . . After Allen’s death, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ordered an investigation of the hospital that determined the patient went 66 hours without seeing his surgeon prior to his death.”
October 24th, 2004 was a Sunday. Physicians normally have other doctors covering their weekends, and it may be possible that something got lost in the transition. Remember, weekend vs weekday care has been studied in the past.
