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Hampton VA did surgery on wrong bone in foot
http://hamptonroads.com/2015/05/215m-lawsuit-hampton-va-did-surgery-wrong-bone-foot#$2.15M lawsuit: Hampton VA did surgery on wrong bone in foot
By Scott Daugherty
The Virginian-Pilot
© June 2, 2015
NORFOLK
Last summer, Mickey Murray went to the Hampton VA Medical Center with a broken right foot. A doctor recommended - and performed - surgery to his third metatarsal, court documents said.
If only that had been the broken bone.
Murray, a Navy veteran and now a former Norfolk sheriff's deputy, filed a $2.15 million lawsuit last week against the federal government claiming medical malpractice.
Among other things, the lawsuit said Dr. Rodney Harris installed a plate and three screws on the wrong bone in his right foot.
Neither Murray's attorney Gregory Larsen nor a VA spokesman returned calls and emails seeking comment. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment.
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