Bronxville man sues hospital, doc after appendix 'mulligan'

[hrmjustin]

Richard Liebson, Westchester

It's a gut-wrenching tale of surgical deja vu.

What was supposed to be routine surgery became a little too routine for 43-year-old William McCormack, who is suing Lawrence Hospital Center, claiming that he had to have an appendectomy in the Adirondacks last month — a year after he supposedly had the same operation at the Bronxville medical facility.

McCormack, a Bronxville resident, is seeking unspecified damages from Lawrence Hospital and Dr. Michael Kerin, the Tuckahoe surgeon who said he removed McCormack's appendix on Jan. 27, 2013.

According to a lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court, McCormack says that he experienced severe stomach pains during a visit to Lake Placid in early March. He went to Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake and underwent an emergency operation.

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2014/04/09/bronxville-man-sues-hospital-doc-appendix-mulligan/7514765/

[mike_c]

1. oops....

"I thought it was his appendix."

"Nah, it was his spleen."

"No way! What's a spleen do, anyway?"

[hrmjustin]

2. Oops says it all.

[Warpy]

3. Well, one of those two places committed fraud

although I suppose it's possible to have duplicate organs.

Pathology reports will tell the story.

[hrmjustin]

4. It is a weird story.