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Hospital sued for Medical Negligence

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White Catherine

Richmond (Canada): A gynaecologist and the Richmond Hospital are being sued for medical negligence in a lawsuit that underscored a problem with waiting lists from some diagnostic tests such as ultra sounds.

Yan Pang who co-owns the Canada Chinese Times in Vancouver and lives in Richmond has filed a suit against Dr. Cigdem Arkuran, a nurse at the hospital.

A summons filed in B.C. Supreme Court alleges malpractice on the part of Arkuran and Richmond Hospital for medical problems that followed surgery performed on Pang to remove two tumours.

Pangs lawyer Joe Peschisolido said: You have a resident, a citizen, who goes over to the hospital and is expecting a certain standard of care and it’s our position that she didn’t receive that.

Both Akuran and her lawyer have not yet commented on the matter, but her defence denies all the claims made in Pangs suit and suggests that Pangs own actions may have aggravated her medical conditions.

Arkurans statement of defence is as follows: In the alternative, if the Plaintiff has suffered any injury, loss or damage, such were not caused by this Defendant, but are attributable to previous and/or subsequent events involving the Plaintiff or to previous and/or subsequent conditions.

It furthers: If the Plaintiff has suffered injury, loss or damage … the Plaintiff has failed to mitigate such injury, loss or damage, by failing to take all reasonable steps to minimize or avoid such injury, loss or damage.

Surgery that went wrong

Pangs medical negligence ordeal began in 2005, when she was referred to Arkuran for a birth control fitting. According to Pangs claim, Arkuran referred her for an ultrasound.

A test done in November 2005 revealed a tumour of about four centimetres in Pangs uterus, however, she was not told about her condition until December 5th 2005.

Pang was rescheduled for another ultrasound, but due to a long waiting list she would have had to wait two months for the procedure.

Gavin Wilson, a spokesman for the hospital admitted that there are long queues but priority is given to medical emergencies.

Wilson stated: It’s not a budget issue. There’s a shortage of ultrasound technologists at Richmond Hospital and this has created a waitlist for ultrasounds. Wilson added that patients are given an option to visit the general hospital for ultra sounds, where there are no backlogs, but it is unclear if Pang was made aware of this.

Instead, Pang flew to Beijing, where an exam showed the tumour had grown by 2.5 centimetres. It is also unclear why Pang flew back to Canada for treatment instead of staying in China.

However, Pang returned to Richmond hospital with abdominal pains, where Arkuran removed two tumours. Pang was back in emergency three days later with severe pains and stated that the surgery had injured her intestines.

Therefore, Pang underwent second surgery but suffered from an infected pelvic cavity. Pang was in such distress that it caused low blood pressure, hallucinations and loss of hearing.

As a result, Pang who claims she is still suffering from pain is filing for compensation regarding loss of earnings, earning capacity and loss of life expectancy.

Her lawyer commented: She’s still in a whole lot of pain and going through a lot of difficulty.

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