Patient sues impaired doctor, hospital following surgical complications
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, July 31, 2008
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A patient suing his plastic surgeon for surgical complications included the hospital and other practitioners in the lawsuit, claiming they knew the doctor was impaired but failed to take appropriate action, according to a July 26 Boston Globe article.
In late June, the patient underwent an elective surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston which scheduled to take 60 to 90 minutes, but lasted almost seven hours. The patient claimed that other doctors and nurses knew his doctor, Loren J. Borud, MD, was impaired during a previous surgery that day and should not have allowed him to operate again.
In early July BIDMC fired Borud and the hospital board said the doctor had been struggling with substance abuse problems for the past six years while practicing. The hospital had no comment about the current lawsuit. Last week, Borud’s medical license was temporarily suspended.
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