IHP 420 Describe the Case Worksheet
Issue (What facts and circumstances brought these parties to court?)
Who are the parties in this case:
plaintiff and defendant?
The plaintiff is Rosalinda Iturralde, and she is the sister of the patient Arturo Iturralde. The defendant in this malpractice case is HILO Medical Center USA, a state-owned hospital in Hawaii.
What facts and circumstances brought these parties to court?
Arturo Iturralde was admitted to Hilo Medical Center with generalized weakness to bilateral legs and frequent falls. The doctor at this facility
diagnosed the patient with degenerative spondylolisthesis with stenosis and scheduled a spinal fusion surgery. It was not available for him to get the surgery there and were sent to Medtronic. When everything arrived, the items were not sent to inventory. The surgery was said to take an hour and a half for them to complete. They used a different item for the surgery and the patient was not told. The patient was sent home and was cleared for driving and ot...
