Medscape June 14, 2023
On Thanksgiving Day 2022, Kathy Stark watched as her husband of 35 years, Bobby Ray Stark, caught fire at a Nashville hospital. According to Clint Kelly, Kathy Stark’s attorney, the hospital staff was performing cardioversion to restore Bobby Ray’s heart rhythm when a spark ignited the oxygen and set the patient aflame.
Stark, 64, died of “a combination of cardiovascular disease and thermal burns,” according to a local news report. In May, Kathy Stark filed a malpractice lawsuit in US District Court. Kelly hopes that the lawsuit will help improve patient safety. Meanwhile, Kathy Stark “goes to bed at night and sees her husband on fire,” Kelly says. A similar incident occurred last December in the operating room at Oregon...
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