Ijaji liklomelise u-$40 million ngomonakalo wesinxephezelo kanye namaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-160 kumademeshe okujezisa emndenini wendoda yaseLas Vegas eyashona ngemva kokunqatshelwa ngokungafanele uhlobo oluthile lokwelashwa komdlavuza. ISierra Health and Life, okuyiNkampani ye-UnitedHealthCare, isiphikile isimangalo sikaBill Eskew se-proton beam therapy (PBT). USandy Eskew, umfelokazi futhi egameni lefa likaBill Eskew, wamangalela iSierra Health and Life. Ngemva kokuqulwa kwecala kwezinsuku eziyi-13, amajaji athola ukuthi iSierra Health and Life yephule umsebenzi wayo wokwethembeka nokusebenzelana ngendlela efanele okwakwaziwa nangokuthi “inkolelo embi yomshwalense.”
Ngemuva kokuxilongwa ngo-2015 onomdlavuza wamaphaphu, uBill Eskew waya esikhungweni esidumile somdlavuza we-MD Anderson e-Houston. Udokotela e-MD Anderson watusa i-PBT ngoba ekholelwa ukuthi i-PBT izonciphisa ingozi yemiphumela emibi kakhulu yemisebe. Encwadini ephika ukwelashwa, iSierra Health and Life ithe, "Lolu hlobo lokwelapha luthathwa njengolungenabufakazi futhi aludingeki ngokwezempilo ekwelapheni umdlavuza wamaphaphu." I-PBT iwukwelashwa komdlavuza okwamukelwa kabanzi
Ukwelashwa okugunyazwe yi-Sierra Health and Life, okubizwa ngokuthi I-Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), kwabangela ukulimala okubi ku-Mr. Eskew's esophagitis, umphumela oseceleni udokotela wakhe ayefuna ukuwugwema ngokusebenzisa i-PBT. Phakathi nonyaka owawusele wokuphila kwakhe, uBill Eskew wabhekana nobuhlungu obukhulu nokucindezeleka ngokomzwelo ngokungadingekile. UBill Eskew ushone ngoMashi 2017.
“Leli bekuyicala lenkampani yomshwalense ebisebenza sengathi ingaphezu komthetho. USierra waphika isimangalo sikaBill ngaphandle kokubheka umshwalense owamdayisela wona futhi ngaphandle kophenyo oluqotho,” kusho uMatthew L. Sharp waseReno, Nev., omunye wabameli bomndeni wakwa-Eskew. "Sikholelwa ukuthi amajaji, ngesinqumo sawo, athole ukuthi uhlelo lwaseSierra lokuphatha izimangalo alulungile futhi ludinga ukushintshwa," kusho ummeli womndeni wakwa-Eskew uDouglas A. Terry weDoug Terry Law e-Edmond, Okla.
Icala ngu-Sandra L. Eskew, njengoMlawuli Okhethekile Wefa lika-William George Eskew vs. Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc., inkampani ephethwe yi-UnitedHealthCare, No. A-19–788630-C, Esifundeni Sesishiyagalombili Sezobulungiswa. Inkantolo Yesifunda SaseNevada kanye naseSifundazweni SaseClark.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- A jury awarded $40 million in compensatory damages and $160 million in punitive damages to the family of a Las Vegas man who died after being wrongfully denied a specific type of cancer treatment.
- In a letter denying the treatment, Sierra Health and Life stated, “This type of therapy is considered unproven and not medically necessary for treating lung cancer.
- A-19–788630-C, in the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for the County of Clark.
