A widow filed court papers last week that blame local health care providers for her husband’s death from a virulent staph infection.
The Dec. 29 lawsuit alleges that doctors failed to diagnose Ronald Carl with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — better known as MRSA — when he went to a doctor to have a boil lanced last July.
The bacteria that causes MRSA has a variety of symptoms including abscesses that require surgical draining.
Instead of taking a culture to determine the type of infection affecting Carl, he was prescribed antibiotics and sent home, the lawsuit states.
Several days later, Carl was admitted to Oak Hill Hospital to control his high blood sugar and tests revealed he had MRSA. However, he was not told of the infection, nor did staff write the results on his chart or notify his doctor, according to the lawsuit.
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