Zannini presented to the emergency room until the second neurosurgeon, Dr. Liker should have remained at the hospital after Mr. Liker was whether his decision to leave the hospital constituted medical negligence because it unduly delayed the emergency surgery. Further, the only question of negligence against Dr. All the experts agreed that there were no other negligent acts beyond that alleged against Dr. The Zanninis filed suit for medical malpractice against all of the physicians involved that evening, their medical groups, and the hospital.
The surgery ultimately started at 11:35 p.m. Zannini had not been prepared for surgery as he had requested. Mortazavi arrived at the hospital to find that Mr. Liker reviewed the MRI images on his phone and also called the hospital to try to expedite surgery. Although he had already left the hospital, Dr. and the other operating room could not be made available before then. He called the hospital to have the operating room prepared for surgery at 10 p.m., but was told that the operating room was in use until 11 p.m. and agreed to come to the hospital immediately. Mortazavi was made aware of the MRI results at 9:39 p.m. According to all of the experts, “ormation of such a blood clot, a cervical epidural hematoma, 11 days after the initial surgery was a ‘very, very rare occurrence.’” Dr. However, the MRI was not complete and reported to Dr. At 8:10 p.m., the initial images came from the MRI showing a blood clot, a surgical emergency. Zannini and approximately twenty-five minutes before Mr. Liker left at 7:17 p.m., approximately fifteen minutes after this discussion with Mrs.
Liker was scheduled to leave for out of town that evening, of which the Zanninis were previously aware.ĭr. Zannini’s wife, Bonnie Zannini, to let her know the status of events and that if Mr. Mortazavi to brief him on what was happening and to let him know to be waiting for the MRI results. Liker recommended that MRIs be ordered, however the MRI machine was in another building, required the team to be summoned to the hospital, and needed a special pump that was MRI compatible for the necessary medication Mr. The trauma surgeon and neurologist both determined that the issue was not within their specialties. Liker was not the on-call neurosurgeon, but he happened to be in the hospital at the time of the page and was in the same neurosurgical medical practice as the on-call neurosurgeon, so he came to examine Mr. Elaine Lee, who notified the on-call trauma surgeon, on-call neurologist, and on-call neurosurgeon. Zannini was treated by emergency room physician, Dr. The experts agreed that he was in very critical condition, and the cause of his condition was not immediately evident. Zannini was almost, if not completely, paralyzed and was having difficulty maintaining his blood pressure and heart rate. At 5:25 p.m., the time of presentation to the hospital, Mr. Zannini experienced sudden paralysis and presented to the emergency room of the hospital where he had had surgery. He ultimately consulted with defendant neurosurgeon, Dr. In 2015, appellant and plaintiff Ronald Zannini began experiencing weakness in his left arm.
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