Hospital Denies Negligence After Throwing Kidney For Ohio Transplant In Trash

by JON DAVID KAHN 30 Aug 2013 17POST A O!!"NT

TO#"DO$ Ohio % The &ni'ersity of Toledo !edical center is as(ing a state co)rt to dis*iss a laws)it despite ad*itting that one of its n)rses threw away a teen+s (idney ,efore it co)ld ,e transplanted into his sister last year- &T! is clai*ing that they were not *edically negligent.They are ad*itting they threw the (idney away$ ,)t they are not ad*itting s),standard *edical care$. F)dac/ fa*ily lawyer Ja*es "- Arnold told A0 News-co*.They *)st thin( that it is within standard care to throw a (idney away$. Arnold said- .It wo)ld ,e *ore decent to ad*it s),standard care$ and the fa*ily sho)ldn+t ha'e to ,e going thro)gh litigation to pro'e it- It+s o,'io)s to e'eryone ,)t the )ni'ersity %% in all fairness-. In A)g)st of last year$ 12%year%old Sarah F)dac/ was on the operating ta,le end%state renal fail)re- She was )nder anesthesia and prepared to recei'e a perfectly *atched (idney fro* her 34%year%old ,rother$ Pa)l- Howe'er$ a n)rse accidentally tossed the donor organ into the trash according to legal papers- Doctors were )na,le to res)scitate the (idney- The hospital s),se5)ently s)spended its li'e donor progra* after a state in'estigationIn the *onths ,etween her failed s)rgery and the one in Den'er$ Sarah .s)ffered thro)gh painf)l dialysis$ fo)r painf)l s)rgeries --- and was forced to li'e thro)gh the )ncertainty of whether she wo)ld e'er find a (idney s)ita,le for transplant ,efore dying$. the fa*ily has alleged in its laws)itDespite this$ and the fact that the yo)ng ,oy had a (idney re*o'ed$ the hospital is denying clai*s ,y the fa*ily to reco'er da*ages for pain and s)ffering6 718$999 each$ according to the laws)itThe hospital e'ent)ally fo)nd a s)ita,le donor and Sarah recei'ed a (idney transplant-