Share February 04, 2021, 4:55 PM
This is reposted with the writer s permission from her blog on medical topics. She s a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and a past president of the California Society of Anesthesiologists.
By Dr. Karen S. Sibert Every death related to anesthesia is a tragedy, especially when a minor procedure such as a colonoscopy leads to a completely unexpected death. Everyone knows that open heart surgery carries a mortality risk, but few of us walk into the hospital for a colonoscopy thinking that death is a plausible outcome. We know so few facts at this point about what happened Jan. 21 at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital. The patient who died, 51-year-old Richard Curbelo, walked into the hospital for a routine colonoscopy.
The Red Wings honored him at a recent home game.
The columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.
By Eric Starkman The passing of Richard Curbelo, who died two weeks ago undergoing a routine colonoscopy at Beaumont Health’s flagship Royal Oak hospital, reaffirmed a belief I know anecdotally to be true: Very bad things disproportionally happen to really good people. When I first got word of the horrific tragedy – colonoscopies are statistically very safe procedures that can prevent colon cancer – my immediate instinct was, “I’ll bet the victim turns out to be a selfless individual with a loving spouse, took care of an ailing parent, and who friends and colleagues insist was among the nicest people they’d ever met.
Share January 31, 2021, 11:15 PM
The columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. This column first appeared in his blog.
By Eric Starkman
Kelly and Matt Stafford (Photo: Facebook) Wow, Matt, what awesome news! Saturday night while I was studying the best way to invest in gold because I fear the world is going to hell in a handbasket, the news alert flashed on my screen that the Detroit Lions traded you to the L.A. Rams. As a former Detroiter who misses Motown, I’m so excited to have you and Kelly join me here in the City of Angels.
Share January 31, 2021, 11:15 PM
The columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. This column first appeared in his blog.
By Eric Starkman
Kelly and Matt Stafford (Photo: Facebook) Wow, Matt, what awesome news! Saturday night while I was studying the best way to invest in gold because I fear the world is going to hell in a handbasket, the news alert flashed on my screen that the Detroit Lions traded you to the L.A. Rams. As a former Detroiter who misses Motown, I’m so excited to have you and Kelly join me here in the City of Angels.
Share January 29, 2021, 10:51 AM High-impact reporting about Beaumont Health at this site since last April has revealed aggressive cost-cutting, internal pushback by medical professionals, a talent exodus, a merger plan of questionable local value (later dropped) and a patient s death last week under unusual circumstances. Something s rotten and DD has exposed it, reader Jim Drury of Royal Oak posts Thursday on Facebook.
Reader reactions to two Beaumont articles this week. We appreciate that recognition, as well as credited amplification of our latest report by Fox 2 Detroit on Wednesday night. Deadline Detroit believes strongly in public service journalism and accountability reporting, such as the dozens of Beaumont exposés by columnist Eric Starkman, a veteran newsman in Detroit and elsewhere and founder of a former public relations agency in New York City.