Patient suffered a cardiac arrest the day after he was sent home from emergency for a pinched nerve complaint
The Ontario Health Professions Appeal and Review Board has rejected an appeal claim by a Northern Ontario family that a doctor at Health Sciences North failed to properly examine, provide treatment and admit an adult male referred to as R.G.
The review board has just released its decision on the appeal and decided that after investigating the complaint, no further action was required. Montpellier examined the patient, diagnosed right arm radiculopathy, ordered a further course of medication to treat his pain and then discharged him. The transcript said the family member "believed that the Respondent relied too heavily on the diagnosis from the Dec. 28, 2021 visit to the ED and should have administered a CT angiogram.
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