Lawsuits are hounding UC Irvine after they closed their liver transplant program. “Two more civil lawsuits targeting the liver transplant program at an Orange County hospital were filed Friday on behalf of four patients who claim they never received a transplant and the families of three people who died while waiting for a new liver.”
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This is interesting coming on the heels of the scandal at St. Vincents (a Saudi national was moved to the front of the line after the Embassy paid 30% more than what the hospital normally received).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9501955
This continues the debate on the question, “does money give you an edge in who is chosen”? We are told people are treated the same–famous and non famous..but is that really true??
UCI Medical Center hasn’t been a stranger to scandal and lawsuits. Amazing that once again something of this magnitude could have gone wrong at such a significant teaching institution.
Are UK “junior doctors” the equivalent of US residents. If so, is the story that they are applying for residency slots and not succeeding?
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