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Oregon teen dies of sepsis after doctors fail to clean wound before stitching, lawsuit says [Med Mal Case]
> An Oregon family alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that their 18-year-old son died from an infection after doctors at a Corvallis hospital did not remove pine needles and debris from his wound before stitching it up.
The family suing alleges that the doctor only attempted to irrigate the wound with saline before suturing the wound shut. At least 24 hours after initially presenting to the emergency room and returning after experiencing worsening symptoms
> A doctor at the hospital cut open the teen’s wound and removed “over twelve pieces of organic plant matter, including twigs, pine needles, and moss,” according to the lawsuit. Cultures were obtained, which confirmed a bacterial infection.
Seems strange to me that a doctor would just leave in so much apparently obvious foreign material before suturing up the wound.