Patient alleges perforated eardrum during irrigation procedure
BELLEVILLE — A patient claims she suffered a perforated eardrum during an ear irrigation procedure. Carly Vest filed a complaint April 14 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against St. Elizabeth's Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Linda Pracher, R.N., Barbara Becker, FNP, Kathryn Strope, AGPCNP, Metro East Healthcare LTD., and Linda McCloud, APNP, alleging negligence. According to her complaint, Vest went to St. Elizabeth's Hospital on Dec. 31, 2018, to seek treatment for ear pain. She claims she was diagnosed with an "impacted cerumen" and underwen...
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