Mayo Dr Massimo Raimondo Killed My Father Leslie Herrin
UPDATE July, 2023 - The investigation by the Florida Dept of Health of Dr. Massimo Raimondo's errant biopsy that killed my father has now been passed to the FL Dept of Health Prosecution Services.
UPDATE MAY 2023 - Dr. Raimondo is now being INVESTIGATED by the Florida Department of Health for his errant biopsy that killed my father. Maybe some justice will be served and his family members can find some solace in the investigation outcome.
Important Update March, 2023 - Medicare Independent Consulting Medical Experts reviewed in detail my father's "treatment" by Mayo staff and the procedure by Dr. Raimondo for two services that meet their qualifications for review - 1) the errant biopsy and 2) pain management. For both services, the experts determined not only did both Raimondo and Mayo fail to meet Mayo's own self-promoted and publicized highest quality of health care, both grossly failed to meet even the the most basic/least/minimum standard of care - "did not meet all applicable professionally recognized standards of health care ".
June 14,2021, Dr. Massimo Raimondo performed what should have been a very routine Endoscopy Ultra Sound and biopsy of a small mass near my father's pancreas, they were 95% certain it was non-cancerous. Raimondo "accidentally" biopsied my father's repaired aortic aneurysm which caused bacteria to enter his bloodstream that quickly turned into sepsis and after 3 weeks of unbearable pain and a gradual, horrifying deterioration and loss of all bodily functions my father passed away in a local hospice with family by his side on July 12,2021. 4 other senior/lead Mayo doctors (Dr. Boniface, Dr. Mayo, Dr. Brumble and Dr. Roy) concluded in their Clinical Notes it was Raimondo's errant biopsy that caused my father's death.
Additionally - Mayo's 1) unconscionably poor communications creating a traumatic cycle of hope to despair to hope to... - e.g., the very first communication to my father and his wife of 65 years after admittance into ER following the errant biopsy was not a diagnosis nor a treatment plan from the doctors responsible for his "care", instead it was someone from Mayo's hospice group with a request for which hospice center my father should be sent to, then Dr. Mayo labels that communication premature and he would assemble a team to determine treatment, then Dr. Brumble tells the family the plan is to discharge Leslie tomorrow to hospice, then …. 2) inhumane pain management - e.g., my father was forced to endure multiple episodes daily that would last up to 4 hours of intolerable level 10 pain with elevated fever, heart rate and uncontrollable shaking for 30-45 minutes without pain medication being administered while awaiting an archaic and inhumane 6-step internal Mayo procedure to slow-walk its way through 4 different staff members. He could feel the episode coming on and we would beg the Mayo staff to start the process - to no avail. The staff's apathy toward his pain was reprehensible, and 3) the 3 doctors responsible for my father's care (Mayo, Brumble and Roy) completely abandoned him after week one of two weeks he spent in Mayo he** - e.g., not 1 of the 3 Mayo doctors made a single visit to see my father or speak to his family the second week after daily visits first week as they were certain his death was imminent and they wanted to distant themselves from a dying man... Mayo staff behaviors like these greatly exacerbated my father's physical pain and his family's emotional pain and resembled care one would receive in an underdeveloped 3rd world country with few resources and poorly trained staff.
Two pics included - 1) My father and his favorite activity - fishing - 4 days before biopsy, 2) My father curled up shaking and in pain holding onto hand rails - taken day leaving Mayo for hospice.