A A A
Click to change text size
Click to change text size
Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Blog | Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis LLP
Philadelphia Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Attorneys serving the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania areas. Pomerantz, Perlberger and Lewis have extensive experience with serious injuries as a result of someone else's negligence.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Woman Left in CT Scan Machine For Hours
A Tucson, Arizona cancer patient was left in a CT scanner for hours after a technician apparently forgot about her; she crawled out herself when she awoke and found herself locked in the closed clinic. Elvira Tellez called her son in a panic and then called 911.
Police arrived at the oncology office and contacted the office manager, who was not aware of the situation. She was taken to the hospital and released the next day. Since the horrifying incident, Tellez claims she has trouble sleeping and has not yet received an explanation from the doctor's office. The technician did, however, call to apologize to her the next day.
After realizing she had been in the machine for quite some time, Tellez began calling out and then screaming for help. She spent several hours trying to free herself from the machine. She finally wiggled out from under a heavy blanket and out of the machine. By the time police reached her, five hours had elapsed.
If you or a loved one has suffered or died due to medical malpractice in Philadelphia or anywhere in Pennsylvania, please contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis LLP.
Police arrived at the oncology office and contacted the office manager, who was not aware of the situation. She was taken to the hospital and released the next day. Since the horrifying incident, Tellez claims she has trouble sleeping and has not yet received an explanation from the doctor's office. The technician did, however, call to apologize to her the next day.
After realizing she had been in the machine for quite some time, Tellez began calling out and then screaming for help. She spent several hours trying to free herself from the machine. She finally wiggled out from under a heavy blanket and out of the machine. By the time police reached her, five hours had elapsed.
If you or a loved one has suffered or died due to medical malpractice in Philadelphia or anywhere in Pennsylvania, please contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis LLP.
posted by Lynn at 2:11:00 PM
0Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home