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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (106674)	12/21/2006 8:21:47 AM
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Boston has the best hospitals in the world,i keep hearing. Doctor disciplined for removing patient’s kidney, not gallbladder By Associated Press Thursday, December 21, 2006 - Updated: 06:57 AM EST BOSTON - The state Board of Registration in Medicine has ruled that a doctor cannot perform surgeries without another physician present after wrongly removing a patient’s kidney instead of her gallbladder. Dr. Patrick McEnaney, 34, misinterpreted test results during the procedure, the board said Wednesday in announcing the discipline. The incident occurred in July at the Milford Regional Medical Center. The patient, an 84-year-old woman, suffered no adverse complications. Under the board’s ruling, McEnaney must have another University of Massachusetts surgeon present during surgeries or other specified procedures. He also must submit quarterly reports from a practice monitor. The board stayed suspending his license because of the agreement. McEnaney has been licensed to practice in Massachusetts since 2000. The hospital said in a statement that it incorporated clinical oversight of McEnaney immediately following the surgery. © Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ===================== Radiation professional claims hospital missed her tumor By Jessica Fargen Boston Herald Health & Medical Reporter Thursday, December 21, 2006 - Updated: 03:37 AM EST A radiation therapist at a Boston hospital is suing a well-known Bay State health clinic claiming a radiologist there missed her spinal tumor on an MRI two years ago, and now says the growth has gotten too big to remove and is putting her life in jeopardy. Kidney transplants: Related articles, multimedia & images » Kidney transplants at Massachusetts hospitals in 2005» Hub hospital wears kidney transplant crown “She wants people to know this can happen to them if it happened to her, a sophisticated medical professional,” said her attorney, Andrew Meyer of Lubin & Meyer in Boston, who filed a lawsuit Monday against Lahey Clinic. Angela Lombardo, a 38-year-old Tewksbury mom, claims the spinal chordoma, a rare tumor that is treatable if caught early, has doubled to the size of a softball within two years and spread to her lungs. Lombardo claims Dr. Richard A. Baker, who signed off on her MRI results two years ago, as well as the Burlington-based clinic should pay for missing the tumor and make changes in the screening system so it doesn’t happen again. Lahey spokeswoman Rose Lewis said she can’t comment on pending litigation. Baker, a radiologist on staff for 26 years, did not return two calls for comment. He has an unblemished record, according to the Board of Registration in Medicine. Lombardo, who is program director for Suffolk University’s medical science program, said her frightening diagnosis in June has forever changed the way she teaches. “This seasoned radiation therapist became a patient,” she said. Lombardo went to the Lahey Clinic in August 2004 complaining of lower back pain and was told her MRI results were normal. But this May, when the persistent pain didn’t go away, she had another MRI at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she often works, and was diagnosed with the chordoma. She has since undergone radiation therapy and takes an oral drug hoping to stop the tumor’s growth. Doctors say removing it would cause too much damage to her body. Lombardo, whose father also has a chordoma tumor, said, “My intent is for something good to come of all this and to minimize the risk of what happened to me happening to someone else.”