CONYERS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE VICTIMS FORUM WEBCAST

A Congressional forum, held by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. regarding medical malpractice victims, was webcast live Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. The media and concerned citizens were encouraged to email any questions they would like addressed. Some of the victims testifying included:
* Kim and Ryan Bliss of Florida, whose 8.5 month daughter died when the doctor inserted an adult IV in her jugular and caused an air bubble to go directly into her bloodstream.
* Kathy and Scott Olsen of California, whose 12-year- old son is blind and brain-damaged after an HMO refused to give him an $800 CAT scan when he was two years old.
* Diane Meyer of Nevada, who was diagnosed with kidney stones and was sent home to pass them, despite the fact that one was too large and was poisoning her body from within. Doctors later discovered this but failed to call Diane, who then slipped into a coma and later had to have both legs amputated below the knee.
* John McCormack of Massachusetts, whose 13-month old daughter died while awaiting surgery to repair a malfunctioning shunt in her skull, while the attending physician slept through repeated pages because his beeper was set to vibrate and didn't wake him, leaving two neurosurgery residents in charge of her care.
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