My Son Called Me From The Hospital. When I Arrived, The Doctor Went Quiet And Said, “You Know He’s Our Chief Of Surgery… Right?”

gastritis, later found to have a perforated ulcer. Settlements. NDAs. No discipline.

Then the story leaked. A journalist named Christine Dalton called Jeffrey first, then me.

“I’m working on something,” she said, voice calm and precise. “I heard about an ER physician at Mercy General—Dr. Leonard Vance—and a case involving delayed diagnosis of appendicitis.continue reading …