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The cardiologist swore under oath that the EKG reading was absolutely normal -- except
that it wasn't. Would you like to learn the answer? Come join me as I share with you this
remarkable information. Hi. I'm Gerry Oginski. I'm a New York medical malpractice and personal
injury trial lawyer practicing law here in the state of New York. So now the patient
was having significant chest pain. The doctor in the emergency room read the EKG, he read
it as being absolutely normal and then he told the patient go back and follow up with
your cardiologist in a few weeks. That was improper medical care. You want to know why?
It was improper because the doctor clearly ignored the reading that the computer generated
from the EKG. Not only did it generate an EKG strip, so that the doctor can now look
at it and interpret it, but it also gave a computerized analysis of what the computer
thought was going on with this patient's EKG. And the computer EKG clearly indicated that
there was an abnormality. The doctor ignored it and told the patient don't worry about
it, you're absolutely fine. It turns out he wasn't fine and shortly after that the patient
had a massive heart attack, killing off a significant portion of his heart. Now what
was amazing was that every single doctor that we asked to look at this cardiogram -- this
electric cardiogram -- confirmed the fact that there were clear abnormalities. And if
this doctor had the basic level of knowledge of cardiologists throughout New York, he would
have clearly recognized these abnormalities and done immediate tests including an echo
cardiogram and then would have realized that the patient needed an angiogram to see where
there might be a blockage in his coronary arteries. And if he had that, he would have
recognized that one of his main coronary arteries was totally closed off. They call that 'occlusion'
totally occluded. And in that instance, the patient now would have been able to have that
particular artery opened up through a balloon or could have had cardiac bypass surgery.
And if he done those things, when it was observable -- when he was in the emergency room -- the
patient never would have had a massive heart attack. So why do I share this quick information
with you? I share it with you just to show you one instance where a doctor clearly violated
the basic standards of clear and accepted medical care in a cardiac case here in the
state of New York. Unfortunately for this gentleman, his injury was totally preventable.
But instead, this cardiologist decided he knew better when in fact he really didn't.
You know, I realize you're watching this because you have questions or concerns about your
own particular matter. Well if your matter happened here in New York and you do have
legal questions, what I encourage you to do is pick up the phone and call me. I can answer
your legal questions. This is something that I do every single day and I'd love to talk
to you. You can reach me at 516-487-8207 or by email at Gerry@Oginski-law.com. That's
it for today's quick video. I'm Gerry Oginski, have a wonderful day!