MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Lawsuit says Texas hospital lost part of man’s skull

August 8, 2008 – A 53-year-old Galveston man filed suit two days ago against the University of Texas Medical Branch charging the hospital lost a piece of his skull that was supposed to have been preserved in the hospital’s bone bank for later surgery.

"This a not a case of medical malpractice, but a case alleging carelessness, gross negligence, and breach of a medical practitioner's fiduciary duty to the patient," the court petition says.

The plaintiff suffered a stroke in January 2007 and required confinement after physicians discovered significant trouble with his brain. He underwent skull surgery to relieve cranial pressure.

Physicians canceled three follow-up surgeries to replace the lost portion of his skull before admitting the hospital's mistake.

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