城市的醫療

2019年6月26日

密歇根州的一個陪審團判給一名被誤診為癲癇的婦女300多萬美元，這是數百人指控底特律地區一名醫生誤讀檢測結果以中飽私財的案件之一。亞西爾·阿瓦德(Yasser Awaad)被指控經營著一家“腦電圖工廠”，指的是一種測量腦電波的測試。他在瑪麗亞·馬丁內斯9歲時診斷出她患有癲癇。但四年後的2007年，另一名醫生說她的檢查結果正常。經過三周的審判，陪審員認為阿瓦德違反了醫療標準。迪爾伯恩的奧克伍德醫療公司被發現在雇傭和監督他方麵疏忽。判決中280萬美元的大部分是非經濟損失，比如痛苦、痛苦和羞辱。然而，獎金可能會減少，因為它超過了密歇根州法律規定的46.59萬美元的上限。“我絕對滿意。我肩上的重擔減輕了，”現年26歲的馬丁內斯在接受美聯社采訪時表示。 “It’s something that has haunted me.” Lawyers for Awaad and Oakwood declined to comment. Awaad was Oakwood’s first pediatric neurologist when he was hired in 1999. Over nearly a decade, his annual salary rose from $185,000 to $300,000. He also qualified for bonuses exceeding $200,000 if certain billing targets were met, documents show. Oakwood was accused of ignoring complaints about Awaad, especially from another physician, Dr. Susan Youngs, who was uncomfortable with his repeated use of EEG tests and regular diagnoses of epilepsy in children. Awaad left Oakwood in 2007. “How does a hospital in good conscience let that go on?” attorney Brian McKeen said in his closing argument last week, calling it a “gravy train of fraud.” Defense attorney Harry Sherbrook told jurors that Awaad’s diagnosis involved more than EEG tests that were misread. He said it was “outrageous and preposterous” to claim Awaad and Oakwood intentionally harmed Martinez. “Her symptoms were consistent with epilepsy,” Sherbrook said, noting that Martinez was daydreaming and zoning out. She was placed on anti-seizure medicine for four years. Martinez recalled being withdrawn as a child and teased by other kids because the epilepsy label limited her physical activities at school. Her case was the first to go to trial. McKeen and his legal team represent more than 250 former patients. “Awaad clearly was looking for excuses to order EEGs that his business plan required him to do,” McKeen told the AP. Copyright 2019 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Was this article valuable?