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Oregon teen died after doctor stitched up wound with 'twigs, pine needles, and moss' inside, lawsuit claims
The family alleges doctors closed the wound with debris still inside and seeks up to $100 million in damages.
- The family of 18-year-old Ethan Cantrell is suing Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Peak Emergency Physicians, and two doctors, alleging medical negligence caused his 2024 death from an infected arm wound.
- On August 15, 2024, Dr. Robert Schweiss sutured Cantrell's arm despite the wound containing "twigs, pine needles, and moss," then prescribed a seven-day course of antibiotics and sent him home.
- Two days later, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kit McCalla noted Cantrell's arm had swollen to "2-3 times that of his left arm" and removed "over twelve pieces of organic plant matter" from the wound.
- After doctors at OHSU amputated his arm, Cantrell died on August 20, 2024; his family is seeking a maximum of $100 million in damages through Multnomah County Circuit Court.
- Tyler Jacobsen, vice president and chief legal officer of Samaritan Health Services, stated the organization takes patient care concerns seriously and will respond through the appropriate legal process.
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Oregon teen died after doctor stitched up wound with 'twigs, pine needles, and moss' inside, lawsuit claims
The family of Ethan Cantrell, 18, is suing Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and members of its ER staff after the teen died from an infected wound.
·Portland, United States
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Doctor left ‘twigs, pine needles and moss’ inside teen’s wound before stitching him up, hospital tried blaming deadly infection symptoms on COVID: Lawsuit
Inset: Ethan Cantrell (The Cantrell family). Background: The Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Ore., where doctors allegedly failed to remove pine needles, twigs and moss from a “deep wound” that 18-year-old Ethan Cantrell suffered while cutting a log (Google Maps). An Oregon doctor stitched up a “deep wound” on the arm of an 18-year-old...
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