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Virginia Doctor Faces Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Posted on May 30, 2011
According to court documents, Miriam Cenedese has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor who performed her hysterectomy. The complaint alleges that Virginia surgeon, Dr. David Ostman, made a serious surgical error when operating on Ms. Cenedese.
The complaint states that during what should have been a basic hysterectomy, Dr. Ostman used his hands instead of a surgical cutting knife, to make tears in her large intestine and bladder. The lawsuit states that the doctor made these egregious error when attempting to perform a temporary ileostomy, a surgical procedure that allows waste to be voided into a pouch.
Investigations into the doctors' medical mistake have revealed that this is not the first documented legal action taken against Dr. Ostman. In 2004 the Virginia Board of Medicine reprimanded Dr. Ostman for prescribing and selling a non-FDA approved lotion that was said to boost the sex drive of women. He was also found to giving his patients thousands of doses of Vicodin, Xanex, Valium and diet pills without a pharmacists' license.
Despite these earlier charges, Dr. Ostman was given his medical license back and it was restored to unrestricted status.
The medical malpractice attorneys at Tavss Fletcher hope that Ms. Cenedese is recovering from her surgery and that the lawsuit will be successful in compensating her for her pain, suffering and medical bills.
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