woman dies after catching fire during surgery

[Amby 490]

MARION, Ill. — An attorney says a southern Illinois woman died six days after being accidentally set ablaze during an operation at a Marion hospital.

Robert Howerton has been retained by the family of Janice McCall. He says the 65-year-old Energy woman died Sept. 8 at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital to which she was transferred.

Howerton says he's requesting records from Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion about what happened to McCall.

The hospital acknowledges in a statement that the flash fire happened but won't offer specifics, citing patient confidentiality laws.

The Tennessee state medical examiner's office says McCall died from complications of thermal burns, and her death is listed as accidental.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,551361,00.html

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

#######???

[Minya's wife 25]

#######?!? Flash fire? Were they operating on this poor woman with a blow torch?

[Amby 490]

the only thing I can think of is cauterization

[Krikit 1,164]

OMG, the poor woman. Maybe it happened like this:

[PlatyPius 5]

MARION, Ill. — An attorney says a southern Illinois woman died six days after being accidentally set ablaze during an operation at a Marion hospital.

Robert Howerton has been retained by the family of Janice McCall. He says the 65-year-old Energy woman died Sept. 8 at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital to which she was transferred.

Howerton says he's requesting records from Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion about what happened to McCall.

The hospital acknowledges in a statement that the flash fire happened but won't offer specifics, citing patient confidentiality laws.

The Tennessee state medical examiner's office says McCall died from complications of thermal burns, and her death is listed as accidental.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,551361,00.html

There's your clue.... she's Energy Woman. Spark + fart = *whoosh!*

[HAL 9000 96]

Holy leaping lizard farts!!!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I did read a story once about a guy who went in for a routine procedure and woke up with first degree burns on his buttocks.

Some sort of accident with medical alcohol apparently.

[Nagishkaw 510]

the only thing I can think of is cauterization

Me too. 0R always demands that I remove ALL of my piercings before any procedure for that very reason.

[MariaBonita 11]

holy sh!t

[almaty 19]

my folks live in that area as does my brother. ..according to the news there, this has happen w/o death..500 times in the last year....

the hospital in question ahs a poor history of health care..wrong babies given out.,.improper medical procedure etc..i would not bosco there for his h1n1 shot..

also, they were repsonsible for allot of the reason my brother ended up almost dead....and had to have 2 brain surgeries at a different hospital..

[youtube 0]

maybe she was just HOT BLOODED!

[john & jean 37]

damn those hot flashes

[meowmeowmeow 1]

freaky!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I did read a story once about a guy who went in for a routine procedure and woke up with first degree burns on his buttocks.

Some sort of accident with medical alcohol apparently.

Yeah, the docs and nurses shouldn't be drinking during surgery.