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Jury Awards $2.5m In Malpractice Case
A state Supreme Court jury in Cooperstown has handed down a $2.5 million malpractice verdict against a Sidney physician.
The six-person jury decided Wednesday that Dr. Khalid Parwez, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was negligent in his care of now-36-year-old Wendy Harris during a minimally invasive surgical procedure in November 1998.
In her malpractice lawsuit Harris said she went in for a gynecological laparoscopic procedure at The Hospital in Sidney on November 23, 1998, and Parwez lacerated her aorta, vena cava and several other major arteries and veins and then ignored the injuries.
Harris was subsequently hospitalized again at The Hospital and transferred to Wilson Regional Medical Center in Johnson City.
As a result of the surgery and delay in further treatment, Harris said, she developed blood clots and has pain in her legs.
Harris developed deep-vein thrombosis in her left leg and she must wear a specialized pump about 10 hours a week to have proper blood flow through the area.
Parwez and his attorney, John Maloney of Albany, had made a settlement offer of $250,000, but Harris and her attorney, Joseph Cote of Syracuse, rejected that offer.
Harris said she also has filed a complaint against Parwez with the state Office of Professional Medical Conduct. That office handles physician discipline.
A spokesman for the state Department of Health said that they could not confirm that an investigation was taking place regarding Parwez.