Representative Murtha's Death Caused by Surgical Error
Posted on Feb 17, 2010 2:27pm PST
As of today, news sources are reporting the death of Representative John Murtha (Democrat - Pennsylvania) may have been caused by a
surgical error. Murtha's tragic death occurred yesterday and now it is reported that doctors may have cut his intestine during an operation.
In December, Murtha began experiencing problems with his gallbladder. Doctors operated on him on January 28th.
Now, the Pittsburg Post-Gazette is claiming that complications occurred after Murtha's doctors nicked his intestine. They were performing a laparoscopic procedure to remedy Murtha's gallbladder problems. Yesterday,
Politico reported that Murtha died as "a result of complications from a recent surgery."
Murtha was 77 years old when he died at Virginia Medical Center in Arlington, Virginia.
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