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TheNWTreeOctopus t1_ja9swy3 wrote

My uncle went into UPMC for surgery due to cancer on and in his face. His full diagnosis wasn't great but this surgery was supposed to be the beginning, not the end. We knew there might be multiple surgeries involved and that there would be a lengthy healing process but what they did to his was downright inhumane. They left his face wide open and put him on life support. For almost a week they tried to tell us it was just part of the process and they were waiting for things to heal before doing another surgery to close him up. All while his post surgery care team encouraged us to seek a lawyer. They used him as a science experiment then walked away. We had a 5 minute conversation with only one of the surgeons responsible before we had to make the decision to end his life. I f'ing hate UPMC and their garbage enterprise.

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chippyinairplane t1_jaa65jm wrote

I’m so sorry to read this horrific experience. Did you end up suing? What was their excuse leaving your uncle in that state?

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tactics14 t1_jaacwsz wrote

The guy is full of shit, this absolutely didn't happen the way it's being described.

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TheNWTreeOctopus t1_jaav3nv wrote

Were you part of the team that did it? I’m not sure you’d know the answer any other way unless you’re just being a jag for no reason. It was 13 years ago next month and I will never forget his unrecognizable face.

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TheNWTreeOctopus t1_jaax8to wrote

It was my aunts decision and in the end she chose not to peruse anything. I think she was just devastated and lost. They said when they got in there it was more in invasive than they thought. They could have made the decision to remove what they could and close him up. He absolutely had more time but instead he was treated like an experiment because he was going to die soon anyway. For the life of me I can’t remember what their excuse was for leaving him like that. He was brain dead, why leave him open and tell us you’re planning a second surgery is absolutely beyond me.

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themardbard t1_jaacw8a wrote

I'm so so sorry to hear about your loss. My dad also had throat cancer and they advised us to do a bit of chemo but to wait on surgery. Then when it got horrible, they admitted they needed to do surgery. They had to break his jaw and go in and they did a horrible job. He couldn't talk and was always in pain from muscle and bone damage. It came back again and again. He passed away a year after they told him the lump on his tongue was nothing to worry about. FUCK UPMC oncology, for REAL. I'm so sorry about your loss, that's insane what they did. I feel your pain immensely.

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TheNWTreeOctopus t1_jacib0o wrote

Ugh, I'm sorry your family was a victim of their negligence too. I only ever hear horror stories about that place anymore.

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lexispots t1_jacomtd wrote

I worked for a couple UPMC Presbyterian ED doctors years ago and their research fellows. It was disturbingly shocking to see the research fellows' pagers go off when a patient meeting their research criteria presented to the ED. It was like flies on shit. People are nothing more than a possible medical study for UPMC.

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