A jury has cleared Dr. Clement
Samson K. Banda of any wrongdoing in the death of Thelma Fowler, 81, of Dunkirk. MD. The lawsuit claimed that her death was "directly related and
proximately caused by the acts or omission" of the ER doctor. Fowler was transported to Calvert Memorial Hospital on April 22, 2007, with
complaints of chest and abdominal pain. She died three weeks
later of sepsis after two operations at Washington Hospital Center.
Lodowski, the attorney for the Fowlers, called medical expert witness doctors who testified that Fowler presented symptoms of a perforation during her initial ER visit on April 22 around 2:30 a.m. and the chest X-ray taken at that time did not show a fracture, which was the diagnosis. Doctors also testified that more diagnostics should have been performed to identify a perforation in her small intestine that the plaintiffs claim was present during her first ER visit.
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Lodowski, the attorney for the Fowlers, called medical expert witness doctors who testified that Fowler presented symptoms of a perforation during her initial ER visit on April 22 around 2:30 a.m. and the chest X-ray taken at that time did not show a fracture, which was the diagnosis. Doctors also testified that more diagnostics should have been performed to identify a perforation in her small intestine that the plaintiffs claim was present during her first ER visit.
For the complete story, see www.somdnews.com.
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