Pittsburgh VA Hospital Pays $ 2.75 million to veterans botched surgical procedure – CBS Pittsburgh

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh VA Hospital pays $ 2.75 million to a veteran who had a leg amputated after a mistake by a podiatrist who operated on his foot.

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Darwin Gurto went to see a doctor about foot and ankle pain.

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The doctor told him he needed an operation that he had in February 2015.

His surgeon told him everything was going well, but a second doctor noticed that he was not healing properly.

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Gurto had several other surgeries to resolve the problem, but in the end his leg was amputated below the knee. He sued for damages.