Feb 01 2008

A Question Of Care: Military Malpractice?

Marine’s Cancer Misdiagnosed?

The family of Marine Sgt. Carmelo Rodriguez says military doctors misdiagnosed his skin cancer. Now, as Byron Pitts reports, they wants the U.S. government held accountable for his untimely death.

(CBS) Carmelo Rodriguez was dancing with his niece just last year. By all accounts Rodriguez, a 29-year old, loved life, his family and the Marine Corps. He was also an artist, a father, and a part-time actor. He once appeared with Katie Holmes in a scene on the TV series Dawson’s Creek.

An image of Sgt. Rodriguez with his Marine buddies in Iraq in 2005 shows him as a fit, gung-ho platoon leader.

3 comments

  1. paul reikhoff’s blog post gives a better synopsis than the news articles (which the blog post links) of the (according to riekhoff) 19 deaths in the marion, il va hospital that are believed to result from malpractice or negligence.  ive read a couple of stories, and the number of deaths seems to range from 14-19.

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