Cheney’s heart doctor hit with a $15 million lawsuit
Cheney’s heart doctor hit with a $15 million lawsuit
A $15 million lawsuit has been filed against George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC, on behalf of a patient who died from an overdose of heparin. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, the man was admitted to George Washington University after suffering chest pains. He bled to death in the hospital due to an overdose of heparin. The primary treating physician was Vice President Dick Cheney’s cardiologist, Jonathan Reiner, MD.
Willie Gary, JD, of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson & Sperando in Stuart, FL, filed the medical malpractice suit demanding $15 million in damages in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Negligence in administering heparin?
The suit alleges that the hospital’s nurses negligently administered the heparin overdose and that several nurses and doctors negligently failed to identify the overdose, failed to appropriately assess and monitor vital signs, failed to appropriately monitor the patient’s condition, failed to recognize and report medical complications to supervising health care providers, and failed to administer an appropriate antidote for the overdose.
At the time of his death, the 48-year-old patient was vice chancellor for business and finance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He had been invited to Washington to give a speech.
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