Man sues US hospital after leg found in garbage

Miami: A south Florida man is suing a hospital for emotional distress, saying his

leg was amputated and thrown in the garbage with his name tag still on it. John Timiriasieff, 56, had his right

leg amputated below the knee in October at Doctors

Hospital in Coral Gables. “Rather than properly disposing of the plaintiff’s limb as expected and as required

by Florida law, Doctors Hospital threw the Plaintiff’s

amputated limb into the garbage, with tags indicat

ing it belonged to the Plaintiff,” according to the lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Miami- Dade county circuit court. A month later, Timiriasieff said his family was contacted by homicide detectives investigating if he had been the victim of foul play. When the family went back to the hospital to find out what happened,

they were told it would “provide no explanation for what had occurred,” the

lawsuit said. Doctors Hospital Inc, part of the Baptist Health South Florida Inc, said it could not discuss

the incident in detail because of patient privacy con

siderations. “However, we can say when Doctors Hospital was notified of this situation, hospital leaders took immediate and appropriate measures to address it,” it added in an emailed statement. “Proper procedures have been reinforced at the hospital to prevent similar situations from happening

in the future.”