Enloe Medical Center reached a lawsuit settlement agreement last year with the family of Henry “Hank” Evers, who died Dec. 22, 2006, at age 75 during an operation for a brain tumor. The Evers family sued Enloe, asking the hospital take action to ensure patient safety.
According to the report, the confidential settlement agreement — reached in Jan. 2009 — included a number of changes for the hospital, including the implementation of a surgical checklist. The state Medical Board’s case against anesthesiologist George Chalhoub, MD, continues, with a hearing scheduled for July.
The Board has taken action in three Enloe cases in which patients died because of mistakes allegedly made during surgery. Dr. Chalhoub was involved in two of the three cases.
Read the ChicoER report on Enloe Medical Center.
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