Estate Of Man Who Died Because Hospital Treated Him For Cancer He Never Had Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
If there is ever a case that proves you should always get a second opinion regarding medical care this case is it. The Estate of Juan Blanco filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the County who owns the hospital that treated Mr. Blanco after he was diagnosed with cancer given years of radiation and other treatment for the cancer and it turns out he never had cancer. The problem for Blanco started in 2001 when he arrived at the emergency room at Kern Medical Center after suffering a seizure. Doctors there believed he had a cancerous brain tumor and did emergency surgery followed by two months of radiation. The problem was the diagnoses was wrong according to the lawsuit.
Blanco endured almost six years of constant suffering when he collapsed and was rushed to Stanford University Medical Center. Doctors at Stanford told him that all the treatment he received was in error and he did not have cancer and never had cancer. The doctors said Blanco suffered a minor stroke and did not have a tumor or cancer. In a continued remarkable series of events Blanco was taken back to Memorial Hospital in late 2007 suffering from another seizure, and the doctors there told him they needed to resume cancer treatments.
Blanco died in July 2008 from a cerebral hemmorhage and the family claims it was on the spot of the radiation.
"He was like a guinea pig for them," Poot said. "They didn't really know what they were doing.
