PHILADELPHIA — The parents of a child who required emergency surgery to remove one of his testicles is claiming St. Christopher's Hospital and others failed to properly treat his condition.
Lasheena Sipp-Lipscomb and Andres Gardin, Sr., filed a complaint April 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Einstein Physicians Pennypack Pediatrics, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network and others alleging violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment Act (EMTALA) and other claims.
Lasheena Sipp-Lipscomb contacted her son Gardin's physician at Pennyback Pediatrics on July 23, 2019, due to the then-two-year-old's acute scrotal pain and swelling on his left testicle. Gardin was then taken to St. Christopher's Hospital emergency department the next day.
The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant healthcare providers failed to follow screening procedures and to diagnosis Baby Gardin's urgent medical condition which resulted in the need to surgically removal his testicle.
The plaintiffs seek monetary relief of more than $150,000, interest, and all other just relief. They are represented by Derek Jokelson and David Jokelson of Jokelson Law Group PC in Philadelphia.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania case number 2:20-CV-01926-MMB