Navy reviewing Murtha’s medical care

Navy reviewing Murtha’s medical care

By Lance M. Bacon - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Feb 18, 2010 19:43:57 EST

The National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., is reviewing the medical care provided to Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., during gallbladder surgery on Jan. 28. Murtha died Feb. 8.

The “in-depth standardized quality assurance review” of the care Murtha received is required when a patient dies at the facility or if there is an adverse event during that care, Navy spokesman Cmdr. Danny Hernandez said Thursday.

Hernandez said he had no information on how long the review would take or how many reviews of this type are done annually.

After Murtha died, his close friend and fellow congressman, Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pa., told Navy Times that Murtha’s death was likely the result of an inadvertent cut to his intestine during laparoscopic surgery. Brady said he had been told by Murtha’s staff that the small nick caused an infection.
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