A jury in Gainesville, Florida, awarded $6.2 million to a Jacksonville man who died after having underwent gastric bypass surgery for weight loss at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. The decedent was a University of North Florida business school professor who died there in 2002.
The surgery was uneventful, but the decedent developed breathing difficulties.According to the attorney, the decedent was sent to radiology for a CT scan by a nurse, who had not checked his oxygen saturation levels. After telling the CT technicians that "I feel like I am dying" and said he didn't think he could breathe at all if they laid him flat, he was instructed to lie down on the CT table.
Shands Hospital did not check his oxygen saturation levels, nor did they call in a radiologist to check the decedent, who died during the scanning procedure. He is survived by his wife, Lisa, and 10-year-old son, Tyler.
In this era of quick fixes, we have all seen advertisements for gastric bypass in newspapers and television. What you don't hear about from the advertisers offering these procedures are the complications and the risks. The reality is that weight loss surgery is risky and even if you go to a reputable facility like Shands hospital, there are no guarantees. Some times the simplest procedure like testing oxygen saturation levels
is overlooked with devastating results.
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