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MORGANTOWN A Star City couple is suing Akkary Center for Weight Management & Surgical Services for negligent care during a procedure.
Dr. Ehab Akkary was also named as a defendant in the suit.
Eden Richmond and Nathan Richmond filed the lawsuit after Eden Richmond sought to have a breast reduction to alleviate back and neck pain, according to a complaint filed in Monongalia Circuit Court.
The Richmonds claim Akkary recommended bilateral breast liposuction, but following the surgery, she had many problems including uncontrolled pain, blisters on her breasts and hematomas that developed in one of her breasts.
Akkary knew or should have known that performing a bilateral breast reduction was not the appropriate procedure for Eden, the complaint states.
Amber Gray, a registered nurse, was also named as a defendant in the suit.
James H. Smith and Janet M. Smith filed the lawsuit claiming that James Smith, who was 76 at the time, went to the hospital on July 22, to undergo a colonoscopy and was taken in at 7:05 a.m., according to a complaint filed in Mercer Circuit Court.
James Smith s procedure was completed at 7:26 a.m. and he was transferred to post-anesthesia care at 7:32 a.m. At 7:50 a.m., only 18 minutes later, Gray recorded his discharge score as 10 out of 10 and gave him his clothes and instructed him to get dressed.
WHEELING – A New Martinsville widower accuses Wheeling Hospital and a physician there of negligence leading to the death of his wife of 58 years.
Larry G. Ritz, administrator of the estate of Sandra J. Ritz, filed his complaint against Wheeling Hospital Inc. and Dr. Shashi R. Urval.
According to the complaint, Sandra Ritz presented to Wheeling Hospital’s Emergency Department on November 8, 2018, after her implantable cardioverter defibrillator had fired twice. She also complained of being weak and “fuzzy.”
She was admitted for treatment and evaluation. Medical records said her hypothyroidism was “poorly managed.” Her dosage of Levothyroxine was increased, and she was told to continue taking Amiodarone.