B.C. man sues Kelowna hospital over alleged wrong surgery that ruined his sex life | 24CA News
A B.C. man is suing his hometown hospital, alleging that his intercourse life is in shambles after present process surgical procedure to restore his injured penis.
Filed in Kelowna Supreme Court, the lawsuit lists Kelowna General Hospital, Interior Health and a physician because the defendants.
The man, whom Global News shouldn’t be figuring out, says his penis was injured throughout a mountain-biking accident within the spring of 2020, however that he was nonetheless capable of interact in intercourse along with his spouse with little or no ache.
In an 11-page court docket doc filed on April 11, the person says he suffered a suspensory-ligament damage in his penis, inflicting it to bend to the fitting barely, however precipitated no ache.
Following the accident, he met with a surgeon who suggested him that he ought to endure a suspensory ligament attachment surgical procedure to right the lean to the fitting.
However, the surgeon mentioned he had solely performed a surgical procedure like this simply as soon as, and that was on a cadaver.
The man was additionally advised he suffered from thrombosis, and that it wanted to heal earlier than present process surgical procedure.
“In the months leading up to the surgery, the plaintiff was able to hold an erection and fully engage in and enjoy sexual intercourse with his spouse without experiencing any pain,” reads the civil declare.
On April 22, 2022, the person visited KGH, with a nurse advising him that he’d be present process a division operation.
The man disagreed, saying he wasn’t alleged to endure that kind of operation, and wanted suspension ligament reattachment surgical procedure as a substitute.
But the person was advised to contact the surgeon, and the nurse additionally suggested him to get a prescription for his anxiousness.
The man says he phoned the surgeon’s workplace, however the receptionist advised him the physician would name him the afternoon earlier than the surgical procedure. The return name allegedly by no means occurred.
On April 27, the person checked into KGH for his surgical procedure. He once more requested a nurse to see the surgeon and was advised the physician would see him inside an hour previous to the operation.
“The plaintiff was wheeled into the surgery room, and there were many nurses in the room, which he had not been warned of,” says the civil declare. “Considering the surgery he was about to have, he was extremely embarrassed and ashamed.”
The court docket doc says the surgeon entered the room solely minutes earlier than the operation, with the person — strapped down and prepared for surgical procedure — explaining to him that he was about to do the flawed process.
“The plaintiff started to cry, and, the next thing he knew, he was waking up in the recovery room with his penis bandaged up,” reads the civil declare.
“He was completely in shock and upset and discovered that the defendant had done a completely different surgery than the plaintiff had consented to,” reads the civil declare.
“And instead of doing a suspension ligament reattachment surgery, he did complete a division surgery.”
The man says on account of that surgical procedure, he suffered a deformed penis.
“This deformity caused the plaintiff immense pain and suffering, and he was required to have additional surgery to repair the damage that was caused to his penis,” reads the civil declare.
“The plaintiff continues to suffer from pain, emotional distress and can no longer hold an erection and/or engage in or enjoy intercourse with his spouse without immense pain and discomfort.”
The civil declare didn’t have a monetary quantity the plaintiff was searching for, however as a substitute mentioned he was searching for normal damages, particular damages plus previous and future health-care prices.
Global News has reached out to Interior Health for remark.
In an e mail, Interior Health mentioned it’s unable to touch upon issues earlier than the court docket.
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