The OSF Saint Anthony whistleblower lawsuit, an 18-page filing lodged in Winnebago County Circuit Court, alleges that patients were left unattended on the operating table while under anaesthesia and that staff who raised concerns faced systematic retaliation.
Three former surgical managers are suing OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois, under the Illinois Whistleblower Act. Sofia Gudino and Cindamon Proffitt, who served as operating room managers, and Tina Peppers, who was director for surgical services, filed the claim earlier this month.
The lawsuit centres on a pair of neurosurgeons and their conduct between 2023 and 2025, and alleges a broader culture of misconduct and harassment within the hospital’s neurosurgery department, according to WIFR, the local CBS affiliate.
On 3 February 2025, two doctors allegedly left a patient on the operating room table for an hour. More than two months later, a surgeon left her patient on the table while under anaesthesia for approximately 37 minutes to attend a meeting, the suit states.
The filing also alleges that in 2023 a surgeon fell asleep while looking through a microscope, having worked late the previous night.
The plaintiffs allege those incidents caused prolonged anaesthesia time, exposing patients to the risk of post-surgical complications. They also claim patients were fraudulently overcharged for theatre time. ‘These aforementioned...
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