A string of medical malpractice lawsuits in Maryland that accuse doctors of conducting unnecessary cardiac stent implantation procedures has raised questions regarding when the cardiac surgery may be considered excessive treatment.
Now a new medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against cardiologist Dr. Mark G. Midei and Dr. Kenny Prewitt alleging that they unnecessarily implanted cardiac stents in a patient, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.
The lawsuit states that Samuel Woolcock went to St. Joseph Medical Center in Baltimore twice in September 2005 to undergo cardiac catheterizations to investigate potential blockages. He eventually underwent operations to implant arterial stents in three arteries.
Woolcock’s lawsuit claims that he is “one of the hundreds of patients that were victims of a conspiracy” to implant unnecessary coronary artery stents. Dr. Midei, the former chief of cardiology at the hospital, has had hundreds of patients who claim he misled them about their arterial blockages and need for stents. He currently has more than 20 malpractice lawsuits filed against him.
The new lawsuit is just one of the hundreds of medical malpractice lawsuits involving stent surgeries in which patients are allegedly misled by doctors about the severity of an arterial blockage and encouraged to undergo mesh stent implantation surgeries to widen their blood vessels. The surgery has traditionally been a very lucrative operation for hospitals and doctors.
If you or a loved one have undergone an unnecessary medical procedure, call Sokolove Law today to learn more about pursuing a medical malpractice lawsuit.