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26-year-old Florida man has filed a medical
malpractice lawsuit against more than a dozen health-care providers,
including Orlando Health, alleging failure to diagnose him with tuberculosis
ultimately led to his paralysis from the waist down.
At
the time of the alleged negligence, the man was employed by the Orange County
Utilities Department. According to the lawsuit, he began experiencing back pain
in June 2012. After several doctor visits, a 10-day stay at Orlando Regional
Medical Center in September 2012, and a rheumatologist visit in January 2013. The
suit alleges that the pathologists failed to properly interpret a biopsy of a
lymph node which clearly showed findings that are indicative of tuberculosis. The
rheumatologist diagnosed him with rheumatoid arthritis and administered a shot
of HUMIRA, which is not to be given to patients with tuberculosis. Within four
days of the injection, the man began feeling numb from the waist down. He went
to the Orlando Regional Medical Center emergency room where he was diagnosed
with complete paraplegia; the doctor said an infectious disease was an unlikely
cause. In January 2013, the now paralyzed man was sent to University of Florida
Health – Shands Hospital where he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. In fact, doctors
at Shands said there was no evidence he ever had rheumatoid arthritis,
according to the lawsuit. The Florida Department of Health was notified and the
man immediately began the appropriate TB medication.
According
to the lawsuit, the patient is paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a
wheelchair for life as a result of medical negligence and a failure by
health-care providers and health-care facilities to provide reasonable medical
care and treatment. The plaintiff’s attorney said medical bills have amounted
to more than a half-million dollars and the economic damages will be in the
millions. The attorney also pointed to a TB outbreak in 2011-2012 in
Jacksonville, which CDC officials characterized as "one of the most
extensive TB outbreaks" since the early 1990s. The Palm Beach Post
headline in July 2012 read, "Worst TB outbreak in 20 years kept secret."
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likely, this is the first time the plaintiff has been involved in a medical
malpractice lawsuit. He may not be aware that it will most likely take years
before a settlement or verdict is reached. In fact, the healthcare providers
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